抱不平
bào bù píng
Pinyin

Definition

抱不平
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bào bù píng
  1. to be outraged by an injustice

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
bù yì lè hū
  1. 1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
  2. 2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
  3. 3 awfully
bù dàn
  1. 1 not only (... but also...)
bù jǐn
  1. 1 not only (this one)
  2. 2 not just (...) but also

Idioms (20)

一不做,二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

明明是你先和我抱怨加班的,我为你打抱不平呀,而且996本来就很有问题。
míngmíng shì nǐ xiān hé wǒ bàoyuàn jiābān de ,wǒ wèi nǐ dǎbàobùpíng ya ,érqiě běnlái jiù hěn yǒu wèntí 。
Obviously you started complaining about working overtime first and I was sympathetic. Anyway 996 itself is a problem.
我没事,就是替你抱不平,你人这么好,也很爱他,白白在他身上浪费了三年的青春。
wǒ méishì ,jiùshì tì nǐ bàobùpíng ,nǐ rén zhème hǎo ,yě hěn ài tā ,báibái zài tā shēnshàng làngfèi le sān nián de qīngchūn 。
It's fine, I'm just outraged on your behalf, a nice person like you, someone who loved him so much, had to waste three years of your life on him.
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