盾牌
dùn pái
Pinyin

Definition

盾牌
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dùn pái
  1. shield
  2. pretext
  3. excuse

Character Decomposition

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
máo dùn
  1. 1 contradiction
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 conflicting views
  4. 4 contradictory
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag

Idioms (2)

以子之矛,攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 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. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
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