背书 (背書)
bèi shū
Pinyin

Definition

背书 (背書)
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bèi shū
  1. to repeat a lesson
  2. to learn by heart
  3. to endorse a check

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

背
bēi
  1. 1 variant: 背 bēi
背叛
bèi pàn
  1. 1 to betray
背影
bèi yǐng
  1. 1 rear view
  2. 2 figure seen from behind
  3. 3 view of the back (of a person or object)
背后
bèi hòu
  1. 1 behind
  2. 2 at the back
  3. 3 in the rear
  4. 4 behind sb's back
背景
bèi jǐng
  1. 1 background
  2. 2 backdrop
  3. 3 context
  4. 4 (fig.) powerful backer
  5. 5 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (12)

勾肩搭背
gōu jiān dā bèi
  1. 1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
手心手背都是肉
shǒu xīn shǒu bèi dōu shì ròu
  1. 1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to both be of equal importance
  3. 3 to value both equally
扼喉抚背
è hóu fǔ bèi
  1. 1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)
弃约背盟
qì yuē bèi méng
  1. 1 to abrogate an agreement
  2. 2 to break one's oath (idiom)
汗流浃背
hàn liú jiā bèi
  1. 1 to sweat profusely (idiom)
  2. 2 drenched in sweat

Sample Sentences

古代人背书是为了随时思考讨论，毕竟过去可没办法随时百度，现在学生背书不就是为了高考，背是背了，却是过犹不及啊。
gǔdài rén bèi shū shì wèile suíshí sīkǎo tǎolùn ，bìjìng guòqù kě méi bànfǎ suíshí Bǎidù ，xiànzài xuésheng bèi shū bù jiùshì wèile gāokǎo ，bèi shì bèi le ，què shì guò yóu bùjí ā 。
People in ancient China learned texts off by heart was in order to think and discuss texts at any time, given that in the past they were unable to look something up on Baidu at every moment. Now students learn texts off by heart just for the college entrance exams. They may learn it off by heart, but doing something by half is worse than not doing it at all.
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