拍胸脯
pāi xiōng pú
Pinyin

Definition

拍胸脯
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pāi xiōng pú
  1. to vouch for

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
合拍
hé pāi
  1. 1 in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
  2. 2 to keep in step with
  3. 3 fig. to cooperate
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
平胸
píng xiōng
  1. 1 flat-chested
心胸
xīn xiōng
  1. 1 heart
  2. 2 mind
  3. 3 ambition
  4. 4 aspiration
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
拍出
pāi chū
  1. 1 to sell at auction
  2. 2 to reach a given price at auction
拍客
pāi kè
  1. 1 citizen journalist (typically posting short, self-produced documentary videos on the Web)
拍戏
pāi xì
  1. 1 to shoot a movie
拍手
pāi shǒu
  1. 1 to clap one's hands
拍打
pāi da
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to slap
  3. 3 (of a bird) to flap (one's wings)
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拍摄
pāi shè
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to shoot (a picture)
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍片
pāi piàn
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to make a film
拍卖
pāi mài
  1. 1 to auction
  2. 2 auction sale
  3. 3 to sell at a reduced price
拍马屁
pāi mǎ pì
  1. 1 to flatter
  2. 2 to fawn on
  3. 3 to butter sb up
  4. 4 toadying
  5. 5 boot-licking
文胸
wén xiōng
  1. 1 bra

Idioms (20)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
心胸狭窄
xīn xiōng xiá zhǎi
  1. 1 narrow-minded (idiom); petty
  2. 2 ungenerous
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
捶胸顿足
chuí xiōng dùn zú
  1. 1 to beat one's chest and stamp one's feet (idiom)
昂首挺胸
áng shǒu tǐng xiōng
  1. 1 head high, chest out (idiom); to keep up one's spirits
  2. 2 in fine mettle (of animal)
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
漏脯充饥
lòu fǔ chōng jī
  1. 1 to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
义愤填胸
yì fèn tián xiōng
  1. 1 righteous indignation fills one's breast (idiom); to feel indignant at injustice
胸怀坦荡
xiōng huái tǎn dàng
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
  3. 3 openhearted
  4. 4 unselfish
  5. 5 magnanimous
  6. 6 broad-minded
胸有城府
xiōng yǒu chéng fǔ
  1. 1 subtle way of thinking (idiom); hard to fathom
  2. 2 deep and shrewd
胸有成略
xiōng yǒu chéng lu:è
  1. 1 the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance
  2. 2 forewarned is forearmed
胸有成竹
xiōng yǒu chéng zhú
  1. 1 to plan in advance (idiom)
  2. 2 a card up one's sleeve
  3. 3 forewarned is forearmed
胸有成算
xiōng yǒu chéng suàn
  1. 1 the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance
  2. 2 forewarned is forearmed
胸无城府
xiōng wú chéng fǔ
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
胸无大志
xiōng wú dà zhì
  1. 1 to have no aspirations (idiom)
  2. 2 unambitious
胸无宿物
xiōng wú sù wù
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); not hiding anything
  2. 2 ingenuous
跌脚捶胸
diē jiǎo chuí xiōng
  1. 1 lit. stamping and beating the chest (idiom); fig. angry or stressed about sth

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