被套
bèi tào
Pinyin

Definition

被套
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bèi tào
  1. quilt cover
  2. to have money stuck (in stocks, real estate etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tào
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to encase
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 sheath
  5. 5 to overlap
  6. 6 to interleave
  7. 7 to model after
  8. 8 to copy
  9. 9 formula
  10. 10 harness
  11. 11 loop of rope
  12. 12 (fig.) to fish for
  13. 13 to obtain slyly
  14. 14 classifier for sets, collections
  15. 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)
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])
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
tào zhuāng
  1. 1 outfit or suit (of clothes)
  2. 2 set of coordinated items
  3. 3 kit
tào cān
  1. 1 set meal
  2. 2 product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)

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