挡箭牌 (擋箭牌)
dǎng jiàn pái
Pinyin

Definition

挡箭牌 (擋箭牌)
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dǎng jiàn pái
  1. shield
  2. (fig.) excuse

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 classifier: 片 piàn
  9. 9 classifier: 个 gè
  10. 10 classifier: 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

Idioms (13)

一箭之仇
yī jiàn zhī chóu
  1. 1 a wrong suffered (idiom)
  2. 2 old grievance
  3. 3 previous defeat
一箭双雕
yī jiàn shuāng diāo
  1. 1 lit. one arrow, two golden eagles (idiom)
  2. 2 to kill two birds with one stone
中箭落马
zhòng jiàn luò mǎ
  1. 1 lit. to be struck by an arrow and fall from one's horse
  2. 2 to suffer a serious setback (idiom)
光阴似箭
guāng yīn sì jiàn
  1. 1 time flies like an arrow (idiom); How time flies!
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