盾牌
dùn pái
Pinyin
Definition
盾牌
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- shield
- pretext
- 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
Idioms (2)
以子之矛,攻子之盾
- 1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
- 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
- 3 hoist with his own petard
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