把兄弟
bǎ xiōng dì
Pinyin

Definition

把兄弟
 - 
bǎ xiōng dì
  1. sworn brothers

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

把
bǎ
  1. 1 to hold
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to grasp
  4. 4 to take hold of
  5. 5 handle
  6. 6 particle marking the following noun as a direct object
  7. 7 classifier for objects with handle
  8. 8 classifier for small objects: handful
兄
xiōng
  1. 1 elder brother
兄弟
xiōng dì
  1. 1 brothers
  2. 2 younger brother
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
  4. 4 I, me (humble term used by men in public speech)
  5. 5 brotherly
  6. 6 fraternal
小弟
xiǎo dì
  1. 1 little brother
  2. 2 I, your little brother (humble)
师兄
shī xiōng
  1. 1 senior male fellow student or apprentice
  2. 2 son (older than oneself) of one's teacher
弟
dì
  1. 1 younger brother
  2. 2 junior male
  3. 3 I (modest word in letter)
弟弟
dì di
  1. 1 younger brother
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
把握
bǎ wò
  1. 1 to grasp (also fig.)
  2. 2 to seize
  3. 3 to hold
  4. 4 assurance
  5. 5 certainty
  6. 6 sure (of the outcome)
老弟
lǎo dì
  1. 1 (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy
  2. 2 old pal
表弟
biǎo dì
  1. 1 younger male cousin via female line
一把手
yī bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 working hand
  2. 2 member of a work team
  3. 3 participant
  4. 4 (short form of 第一把手[dì yī bǎ shǒu]) the boss
二把手
èr bǎ shǒu
  1. 1 deputy leader
  2. 2 the second-in-command
仁兄
rén xiōng
  1. 1 (honorific written address) My dear friend
令弟
lìng dì
  1. 1 honorable little brother
个把
gè bǎ
  1. 1 one or two
  2. 2 a couple of
倒把
dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 to play the market
  2. 2 to speculate (on financial markets)
  3. 3 to profiteer
兄妹
xiōng mèi
  1. 1 brother(s) and sister(s)
兄嫂
xiōng sǎo
  1. 1 elder brother and his wife
兄弟会
xiōng dì huì
  1. 1 fraternity
兄台
xiōng tái
  1. 1 brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)

Idioms (17)

一把屎一把尿
yī bǎ shǐ yī bǎ niào
  1. 1 to have endured all sorts of hardships (to raise one's children) (idiom)
一把眼泪一把鼻涕
yī bǎ yǎn lèi yī bǎ bí tì
  1. 1 with one's face covered in tears (idiom)
一把钥匙开一把锁
yī bǎ yào shi kāi yī bǎ suǒ
  1. 1 One key opens one lock.
  2. 2 There is a different solution for each problem. (idiom)
什么风把你吹来的
shén me fēng bǎ nǐ chuī lái de
  1. 1 What brings you here? (idiom)
偷鸡不成蚀把米
tōu jī bù chéng shí bǎ mǐ
  1. 1 lit. to try to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to try to gain an advantage only to end up worse off
  3. 3 to go for wool and come back shorn
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
兄弟阋墙
xiōng dì xì qiáng
  1. 1 internecine strife (idiom); fighting among oneself
把持不定
bǎ chí bù dìng
  1. 1 indecisive (idiom)
把酒言欢
bǎ jiǔ yán huān
  1. 1 to drink and chat merrily (idiom)
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
捏一把冷汗
niē yī bǎ lěng hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
捏一把汗
niē yī bǎ hàn
  1. 1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)
新官上任三把火
xīn guān shàng rèn sān bǎ huǒ
  1. 1 (of a newly appointed official) to make bold changes on assuming office (idiom)
亲兄弟，明算帐
qīn xiōng dì , míng suàn zhàng
  1. 1 even with your own brother, keep clear accounts (idiom)
铁将军把门
tiě jiāng jūn bǎ mén
  1. 1 lit. General Iron is guarding the door (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the door is padlocked — nobody inside
难兄难弟
nán xiōng nán dì
  1. 1 lit. hard to differentiate between elder and younger brother (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is just as bad as the other
难兄难弟
nàn xiōng nàn dì
  1. 1 brothers in hardship (idiom)
  2. 2 fellow sufferers
  3. 3 in the same boat

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