藉口
jiè kǒu
Pinyin
Definition
藉口
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- to use as an excuse
- on the pretext
- excuse
- pretext
- also written 借口[jiè kǒu]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
三缄其口
- 1 (idiom) reluctant to speak about it
- 2 tight-lipped
不蒸馒头争口气
- 1 not to be crushed (idiom)
- 2 to be determined to have one's revenge
交口称誉
- 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
以免借口
- 1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
佛口蛇心
- 1 words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced
- 2 malicious and duplicitous