垫被 (墊被)
diàn bèi
Pinyin
Definition
垫被 (墊被)
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- mattress
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 quilt
- 2 by
- 3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)
- 4 (literary) to cover
- 5 to meet with
- 6 (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bèi zì shā])
- 1 quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding)
- 2 (contemporary) bedding
- 3 quilt
- 4 blankets
- 5 cover
- 6 bed
- 1 peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)
- 1 mattress
Idioms (3)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬,十年怕井绳
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
聪明反被聪明误
- 1 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
- 2 too smart for one's own good