被动吸烟
bèi dòng xī yān
Pinyin

Definition

被动吸烟
 - 
bèi dòng xī yān
  1. second-hand smoking
  2. passive smoking

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

被
bèi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 by
  3. 3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)
  4. 4 (literary) to cover
  5. 5 to meet with
  6. 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])
吸
xī
  1. 1 to breathe
  2. 2 to suck in
  3. 3 to absorb
  4. 4 to inhale
吸引
xī yǐn
  1. 1 to attract (interest, investment etc)
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
吸引力
xī yǐn lì
  1. 1 attractive force (such as gravitation)
  2. 2 sex appeal
  3. 3 attractiveness
吸收
xī shōu
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to assimilate
  3. 3 to ingest
  4. 4 to recruit
吸烟
xī yān
  1. 1 to smoke
吸血鬼
xī xuè guǐ
  1. 1 leech
  2. 2 bloodsucking vermin
  3. 3 vampire (translated European notion)
  4. 4 fig. cruel exploiter, esp. a capitalist exploiting the workers
呼吸
hū xī
  1. 1 to breathe
被子
bèi zi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 CL:床[chuáng]
被窝
bèi wō
  1. 1 quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding)
  2. 2 (contemporary) bedding
  3. 3 quilt
  4. 4 blankets
  5. 5 cover
  6. 6 bed
包被
bāo bèi
  1. 1 peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)
吮吸
shǔn xī
  1. 1 to suck
吸住
xī zhù
  1. 1 to draw (towards)
  2. 2 to be drawn to
  3. 3 to be sucked in
吸入
xī rù
  1. 1 to breathe in
  2. 2 to suck in
  3. 3 to inhale
吸力
xī lì
  1. 1 attraction (in gravitation or electrostatics)
  2. 2 attractive force
吸取
xī qǔ
  1. 1 to absorb
  2. 2 to draw (a lesson, insight etc)
  3. 3 to assimilate
吸口
xī kǒu
  1. 1 sucker mouth
吸吮
xī shǔn
  1. 1 to suck on (sth)
  2. 2 to suck in
吸地
xī dì
  1. 1 to vacuum the floor
吸尘器
xī chén qì
  1. 1 vacuum cleaner
  2. 2 dust catcher

Idioms (3)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
  1. 1 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
  2. 2 too smart for one's own good

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