电报
diàn bào
Pinyin

Definition

电报
 - 
diàn bào
  1. telegram
  2. cable
  3. telegraph
  4. CL:封[fēng],份[fèn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

回报
huí bào
  1. 1 (in) return
  2. 2 reciprocation
  3. 3 payback
  4. 4 retaliation
  5. 5 to report back
  6. 6 to reciprocate
报
bào
  1. 1 to announce
  2. 2 to inform
  3. 3 report
  4. 4 newspaper
  5. 5 recompense
  6. 6 revenge
  7. 7 CL:份[fèn],張|张[zhāng]
报名
bào míng
  1. 1 to sign up
  2. 2 to enter one's name
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to register
  5. 5 to enroll
  6. 6 to enlist
报告
bào gào
  1. 1 to inform
  2. 2 to report
  3. 3 to make known
  4. 4 report
  5. 5 speech
  6. 6 talk
  7. 7 lecture
  8. 8 CL:篇[piān],份[fèn],個|个[gè],通[tòng]
报道
bào dào
  1. 1 to report (news)
  2. 2 report
  3. 3 CL:篇[piān],份[fèn]
电
diàn
  1. 1 electric
  2. 2 electricity
  3. 3 electrical
电信
diàn xìn
  1. 1 telecommunications
电子
diàn zǐ
  1. 1 electronic
  2. 2 electron (particle physics)
电影
diàn yǐng
  1. 1 movie
  2. 2 film
  3. 3 CL:部[bù],片[piàn],幕[mù],場|场[chǎng]
电脑
diàn nǎo
  1. 1 computer
  2. 2 CL:臺|台[tái]
电视
diàn shì
  1. 1 television
  2. 2 TV
  3. 3 CL:臺|台[tái],個|个[gè]
电视剧
diàn shì jù
  1. 1 TV play
  2. 2 soap opera
  3. 3 CL:部[bù]
电话
diàn huà
  1. 1 telephone
  2. 2 CL:部[bù]
  3. 3 phone call
  4. 4 CL:通[tōng]
  5. 5 phone number
上报
shàng bào
  1. 1 to report to one's superiors
  2. 2 to appear in the news
  3. 3 to reply to a letter
来电
lái diàn
  1. 1 incoming telegram or telephone call
  2. 2 your telegram, telephone call, or message
  3. 3 to send a telegram or make a telephone call here (i.e. to the speaker)
  4. 4 to have instant attraction to sb
  5. 5 to have chemistry with sb
  6. 6 to come back (of electricity, after an outage)
供电
gōng diàn
  1. 1 to supply electricity
停电
tíng diàn
  1. 1 to have a power failure
  2. 2 power cut
充电
chōng diàn
  1. 1 to recharge batteries
  2. 2 fig. to rest and recuperate
充电器
chōng diàn qì
  1. 1 battery charger
光电
guāng diàn
  1. 1 photoelectric

Idioms (20)

以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn
  1. 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
  2. 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
善有善报
shàn yǒu shàn bào
  1. 1 virtue has its rewards (idiom); one good turn deserves another
报仇雪耻
bào chóu xuě chǐ
  1. 1 to take revenge and erase humiliation (idiom)
报仇雪恨
bào chóu xuě hèn
  1. 1 to take revenge and wipe out a grudge (idiom)
报应不爽
bào yìng bù shuǎng
  1. 1 appropriate retribution (idiom)
报本反始
bào běn fǎn shǐ
  1. 1 ensure that you pay debts of gratitude (idiom)
官报私仇
guān bào sī chóu
  1. 1 to take advantage of official post for personal revenge (idiom)
恩将仇报
ēn jiāng chóu bào
  1. 1 to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom)
恶有恶报
è yǒu è bào
  1. 1 evil has its retribution (idiom); to suffer the consequences of one's bad deeds
  2. 2 sow the wind and reap the whirlwind (Hosea 8:7)
感恩图报
gǎn ēn tú bào
  1. 1 grateful and seeking to repay the kindness (idiom)
投桃报李
tóu táo bào lǐ
  1. 1 toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
  2. 2 to exchange gifts
  3. 3 Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
捷报频传
jié bào pín chuán
  1. 1 victory reports pour in (idiom); news of success in an endless stream
星流电击
xīng liú diàn jī
  1. 1 meteor shower and violent thunderclaps (idiom); omens of violent development
  2. 2 portentous signs
有仇不报非君子
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ
  1. 1 a real man, if he takes a hit, will seek to even the score (idiom)
有仇不报非君子，有冤不伸枉为人
yǒu chóu bù bào fēi jūn zǐ , yǒu yuān bù shēn wǎng wéi rén
  1. 1 one who doesn't avenge an injustice is not a gentleman, one who doesn't redress a wrong is not a man (idiom)
阴德必有阳报
yīn dé bì yǒu yáng bào
  1. 1 hidden merits will have visible rewards (idiom)
电光朝露
diàn guāng zhāo lù
  1. 1 flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral
  2. 2 impermanent

Sample Sentences

发电报
fā diànbào
To send a telegraph.
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