拍胸脯
pāi xiōng pú
Pinyin
Definition
拍胸脯
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- to vouch for
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to pat
- 2 to clap
- 3 to slap
- 4 to swat
- 5 to take (a photo)
- 6 to shoot (a film)
- 7 racket (sports)
- 8 beat (music)
- 1 to take a picture
- 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
- 1 in time with (i.e. same rhythm)
- 2 to keep in step with
- 3 fig. to cooperate
- 1 candid photograph
- 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
Idioms (20)
一拍两散
- 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
- 2 to separate
一拍即合
- 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
- 2 to hit it off
- 3 to click together
- 4 to chime in easily
心胸狭窄
- 1 narrow-minded (idiom); petty
- 2 ungenerous
拍案叫绝
- 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
- 2 amazing!
- 3 great!
拍案而起
- 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
- 2 unable to take it any more