1 quilt

2 by

3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)

4 (literary) to cover

5 to meet with

6 (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bèi zì shā])

1 to excuse sb

2 to exempt

3 to remove or dismiss from office

4 to avoid

5 to avert

6 to escape

7 to be prohibited

1 free (of charge)

1 quilt

2 classifier: 床 chuáng

1 quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding)

2 (contemporary) bedding

3 quilt

4 blankets

5 cover

6 bed

1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy

1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope

2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

1 to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

1 to be unavoidable (idiom)

1 unable to break the custom (idiom)

2 bound by conventions