背诵 (背誦)
bèi sòng
Pinyin

Definition

背诵 (背誦)
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bèi sòng
  1. to recite
  2. to repeat from memory

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

不过话说回来，“书到用时方恨少”，如今在报社工作，我还是很感谢当年拼命阅读背诵打下的扎实基本功的。教育制度的改变并非一朝一夕，不过和其他制度一样，总会与时俱进的。
bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，“shū dào yòng shí fāng hèn shǎo ”，rújīn zài bàoshè gōngzuò ，wǒ háishì hěn gǎnxiè dāngnián pīnmìng yuèdú bèisòng dǎxià de zhāshi jīběngōng de 。jiāoyùzhìdù de gǎibiàn bìngfēi yīcháoyīxī ，bùguò hé qítā zhìdù yīyàng ，zǒng huì yǔshíjūjìn de 。
That said, it's only when you make use of your knowledge that you wish you'd learned more. Now I'm working for a newspaper, I'm really grateful for all that reading and learning off by heart I did back in the day to give myself a good basic knowledge. Changing the education system doesn't happen overnight, but rather, like other systems, it progresses over time.
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