1 variant: 背 bēi

1 template

2 (architecture) formwork

1 variant: 老板 lǎo bǎn

1 to betray

1 rear view

2 figure seen from behind

3 view of the back (of a person or object)

1 lit. one strong beat and one weak beats in a measure of music (two beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. follow a prescribed pattern to the letter

2 scrupulous attention to detail

1 lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar) (idiom); fig. scrupulous attention to detail

1 arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)

1 lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)

2 fig. to both be of equal importance

3 to value both equally

1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)

2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)