头牌
tóu pái
Pinyin

Definition

头牌
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tóu pái
  1. tablet announcing the name of leading actor in a theatrical production
  2. by extension, the lead role

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
dǎ pái
  1. 1 to play mahjong or cards
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]
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag
dà pái
  1. 1 strong card
  2. 2 honor card (card games)
  3. 3 very popular or successful person
  4. 4 self-important
dǐ pái
  1. 1 cards in one's hand
  2. 2 (fig.) undisclosed strength or information
  3. 3 hidden trump
guǎng gào pái
  1. 1 billboard
zhāo pai
  1. 1 signboard
  2. 2 shop sign
  3. 3 reputation of a business
pū kè pái
  1. 1 poker (card game)
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
xǐ pái
  1. 1 to shuffle cards
pái fāng
  1. 1 memorial arch
pái xíng
  1. 1 hand (in mahjong or card games)
pái zi
  1. 1 sign
  2. 2 trademark
  3. 3 brand
pái jú
  1. 1 gambling get-together
  2. 2 game of cards, mahjong etc
pái zhào
  1. 1 (business) licence
  2. 2 vehicle licence
  3. 3 car registration
  4. 4 licence plate
wáng pái
  1. 1 trump card
wán pái
  1. 1 to play cards
  2. 2 to play mahjong
dēng jī pái
  1. 1 boarding pass
dùn pái
  1. 1 shield
  2. 2 pretext
  3. 3 excuse
chē pái
  1. 1 license plate

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

咳!要说中国头牌的设计师,怎么能少了王巍呢。王巍的名字在中国的时尚圈内可是如雷贯耳的。前段时间还在伦敦时装周上展示了自己的作品呢。
hāi !yào shuō Zhōngguó tóupái de shèjìshī ,zěnme néng shǎo le Wáng Wēi ne 。Wáng Wēi de míngzi zài Zhōngguó de shíshàngquān nèi kěshì rúléiguàněr de 。qiánduànshíjiān hái zài Lúndūn shízhuāngzhōu shang zhǎnshì le zìjǐde zuòpǐn ne 。