断背
duàn bèi
Pinyin

Definition

断背
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duàn bèi
  1. homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duàn bèi Shān], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

bēi
  1. 1 variant of 背[bēi]
bèi pàn
  1. 1 to betray
bèi yǐng
  1. 1 rear view
  2. 2 figure seen from behind
  3. 3 view of the back (of a person or object)
bèi hòu
  1. 1 behind
  2. 2 at the back
  3. 3 in the rear
  4. 4 behind sb's back
bèi jǐng
  1. 1 background
  2. 2 backdrop
  3. 3 context
  4. 4 (fig.) powerful backer
  5. 5 CL:種|种[zhǒng]
hòu bèi
  1. 1 the back (human anatomy)
  2. 2 the back part of sth
shǒu bèi
  1. 1 back of the hand
bēi bāo
  1. 1 knapsack
  2. 2 rucksack
  3. 3 infantry pack
  4. 4 field pack
  5. 5 blanket roll
  6. 6 CL:個|个[gè]
bēi bāo kè
  1. 1 backpacker
bèi dì
  1. 1 secretly
  2. 2 in private
  3. 3 behind someone's back
bēi dài
  1. 1 braces
  2. 2 suspenders
  3. 3 sling (for a rifle)
  4. 4 straps (for a knapsack)
bèi dài kù
  1. 1 overalls
bèi xīn
  1. 1 sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)
  2. 2 CL:件[jiàn]
bèi shí
  1. 1 outdated
  2. 2 out of luck
bèi shū
  1. 1 to repeat a lesson
  2. 2 to learn by heart
  3. 3 to endorse a check
bèi qì
  1. 1 abandon
  2. 2 desert
  3. 3 renounce
bèi shuǐ yī zhàn
  1. 1 lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
bèi sòng
  1. 1 to recite
  2. 2 to repeat from memory
bēi fù
  1. 1 to bear
  2. 2 to carry on one's back
  3. 3 to shoulder
bèi dào ér chí
  1. 1 to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to

Idioms (12)

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
扼喉抚背
è hóu fǔ bèi
  1. 1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)
弃约背盟
qì yuē bèi méng
  1. 1 to abrogate an agreement
  2. 2 to break one's oath (idiom)
汗流浃背
hàn liú jiā bèi
  1. 1 to sweat profusely (idiom)
  2. 2 drenched in sweat
背井离乡
bèi jǐng lí xiāng
  1. 1 to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
背信弃义
bèi xìn qì yì
  1. 1 breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray
  2. 2 treachery
  3. 3 perfidy
背城借一
bèi chéng jiè yī
  1. 1 to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. 2 to put up a desperate struggle
背水一战
bèi shuǐ yī zhàn
  1. 1 lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
背道而驰
bèi dào ér chí
  1. 1 to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
腹背相亲
fù bèi xiāng qīn
  1. 1 to be on intimate terms with sb (idiom)
芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi
  1. 1 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
  2. 2 uneasy and nervous
  3. 3 to be on pins and needles

Sample Sentences

就是同性恋的意思。我们把男同性恋叫做“男同志”,把女同性恋叫做“女同志”,统称“同志”。当然,中文里还有其他表示同性恋的词,比如“玻璃”、“断背”、“断袖”等等,都是比较隐晦的说法。
jiùshì tóngxìngliàn de yìsi 。wǒmen bǎ nán tóngxìngliàn jiàozuò “nán tóngzhì ”,bǎ nǚ tóngxìngliàn jiàozuò “nǚ tóngzhì ”,tǒngchēng “tóngzhì ”。dāngrán ,Zhōngwén lǐ hái yǒu qítā biǎoshì tóngxìngliàn de cí ,bǐrú “bōli ”、“duànbèi ”、“duànxiù ”děngděng ,dōu shì bǐjiào yǐnhuì de shuōfa 。