贞节牌坊
zhēn jié pái fāng
Pinyin

Definition

贞节牌坊
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zhēn jié pái fāng
  1. memorial arch in honor of a chaste widow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

品牌
pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
打牌
dǎ pái
  1. 1 to play mahjong or cards
牌
pái
  1. 1 mahjong tile
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 game pieces
  4. 4 signboard
  5. 5 plate
  6. 6 tablet
  7. 7 medal
  8. 8 CL:片[piàn],個|个[gè],塊|块[kuài]
作坊
zuō fang
  1. 1 workshop (of artisan)
名牌
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag
大牌
dà pái
  1. 1 strong card
  2. 2 honor card (card games)
  3. 3 very popular or successful person
  4. 4 self-important
工坊
gōng fáng
  1. 1 workshop
底牌
dǐ pái
  1. 1 cards in one's hand
  2. 2 (fig.) undisclosed strength or information
  3. 3 hidden trump
广告牌
guǎng gào pái
  1. 1 billboard
招牌
zhāo pai
  1. 1 signboard
  2. 2 shop sign
  3. 3 reputation of a business
扑克牌
pū kè pái
  1. 1 poker (card game)
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
洗牌
xǐ pái
  1. 1 to shuffle cards
潍坊
Wéi fāng
  1. 1 Weifang prefecture level city in Shandong
牌坊
pái fāng
  1. 1 memorial arch
牌型
pái xíng
  1. 1 hand (in mahjong or card games)
牌子
pái zi
  1. 1 sign
  2. 2 trademark
  3. 3 brand
牌局
pái jú
  1. 1 gambling get-together
  2. 2 game of cards, mahjong etc
牌照
pái zhào
  1. 1 (business) licence
  2. 2 vehicle licence
  3. 3 car registration
  4. 4 licence plate
王牌
wáng pái
  1. 1 trump card
玩牌
wán pái
  1. 1 to play cards
  2. 2 to play mahjong

Idioms (1)

又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Sample Sentences

因为贞节牌坊是专门赐给那些年纪轻轻就死了老公而且坚决不改嫁，在婆家守寡到老的女人。
yīnwèi zhēnjié páifāng shì zhuānmén cìgěi nàxiē niánjìqīngqīng jiù sǐ le lǎogōng érqiě jiānjué bù gǎijià ，zài pójiā shǒuguǎ dào lǎo de nǚrén 。
Because chastity arches are bestowed specifically upon young women who refuse to get married after their husband is dead; they remain with their husband's family a widow even until they're an old woman.
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我？得了吧！我一个女人，要建也只能建一座贞节牌坊，还得牺牲老公和后半生的幸福。
wǒ ？déleba ！wǒ yī gè nǚrén ，yào jiàn yě zhǐnéng jiàn yī zuò zhēnjié páifāng ，hái děi xīshēng lǎogōng hé hòubànshēn de xìngfú 。
Me? No way! I'm a woman. I'd only be able to put up a chastity arch. Plus I'd have to sacrifice my husband and the happiness of the second half of my life.
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