挡箭牌 (擋箭牌)
dǎng jiàn pái
Pinyin
Definition
挡箭牌 (擋箭牌)
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- shield
- (fig.) excuse
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 brand name
- 2 trademark
- 1 to play mahjong or cards
- 1 famous brand
- 2 nameplate
- 3 name tag
- 1 strong card
- 2 honor card (card games)
- 3 very popular or successful person
- 4 self-important
Idioms (13)
一箭之仇
- 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
- 2 old grievance
- 3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
- 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
- 2 to kill two birds with one stone
中箭落马
- 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
- 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光阴似箭
- 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
- 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
- 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too