衬托 (襯托)
chèn tuō
Pinyin

Definition

衬托 (襯托)
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chèn tuō
  1. to set off

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

寄托
jì tuō
  1. 1 to entrust (to sb)
  2. 2 to place (one's hope, energy etc) in
  3. 3 a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc)
托
tuō
  1. 1 prop
  2. 2 support (for weight)
  3. 3 rest (e.g. arm rest)
  4. 4 thanks to
  5. 5 to hold in one's hand
  6. 6 to support in one's palm
  7. 7 to give
  8. 8 to base
  9. 9 to commit
  10. 10 to set
  11. 11 torr (unit of pressure)
拜托
bài tuō
  1. 1 to request sb to do sth
  2. 2 please!
摩托
mó tuō
  1. 1 motor (loanword)
  2. 2 motorbike
摩托车
mó tuō chē
  1. 1 motorbike
  2. 2 motorcycle (loanword)
  3. 3 classifier: 辆 liàng
  4. 4 classifier: 部 bù

Idioms (2)

托足无门
tuō zú wú mén
  1. 1 to be unable to find a place to stay (idiom)
烘云托月
hōng yún tuō yuè
  1. 1 lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil
  2. 2 a contrasting character to a main hero

Sample Sentences

不仅显得我文武双全，还能衬托出我智商情商双商极高啊。
bùjǐn xiǎnde wǒ wénwǔshuāngquán ，hái néng chèntuō chū wǒ zhìshāng qíngshāng shuāng shāng jígāo ā 。
I'm clearly not only as skilled with the sword as with the pen, but my high IQ clearly sets off my extremely high Emotional Quotient.
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