杂牌 (雜牌)
zá pái
Pinyin

Definition

杂牌 (雜牌)
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zá pái
  1. inferior brand
  2. not the genuine article

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

品牌
pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
打牌
dǎ pái
  1. 1 to play mahjong or cards
牌
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
名牌
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag
大牌
dà pái
  1. 1 strong card
  2. 2 honor card (card games)
  3. 3 very popular or successful person
  4. 4 self-important

Idioms (1)

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

Sample Sentences

就一杂牌，我在网上看到的，我是看在它便宜就买了。
jiù yì zápái ，wǒ zài wǎngshàng kàndào de ，wǒ shì kànzài tā piányi jiù mǎi le 。
It wasn't a brand name, I saw it online and noticed it was cheap so I bought it.
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杂牌货这肯定是没保障的，我看你这服务电话打了也说不定是个空壳公司。
zápáihuò zhè kěndìng shì méi bǎozhàng de ，wǒ kàn nǐ zhè fúwù diànhuà dǎ le yě shuōbúdìng shì ge kòngké gōngsī 。
If it's not a brand name product it won't have a guarantee. The service number you called could even be just a shell company.
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