被和谐 (被和諧)
bèi hé xié
Pinyin
Definition
被和谐 (被和諧)
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- to be "harmonized" i.e. censored
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 old variant of 和[hé]
- 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 Buddhist monk
- 1 Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
- 2 Hoping township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
- 1 harmonious
- 2 harmony
- 3 (euphemism) to censor
Idioms (20)
一唱一和
- 1 to echo one another (idiom)
一团和气
- 1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
- 2 warm and affable
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 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
- 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
- 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
- 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
- 2 fig. at a total loss