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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])

被子

bèi zi

1 quilt
2 classifier: 床 chuáng

被窝

bèi wō

1 quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding)
2 (contemporary) bedding
3 quilt
4 blankets
5 cover
6 bed

包被

bāo bèi

1 peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)

垫被

diàn bèi

1 mattress

Idioms (3)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳

yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng

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 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)

聪明反被聪明误

cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù

1 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
2 too smart for one's own good

Sample Sentences

你瞧瞧你，到哪儿都离不开这玩意儿。饭不好好吃，路也不好好走，上次过马路差点儿被车撞。睡在被窝里还看，你眼睛还要不要啊？！

nǐ qiáoqiao nǐ ，dào nǎr dōu líbukāi zhè wányìr 。fàn bù hǎohǎo chī ，lù yě bù hǎohǎo zǒu ，shàngcì guò mǎlù chàdiǎnr bèi chē zhuàng 。shuì zài bèiwō lǐ hái kàn ，nǐ yǎnjing hái yào bùyào ā ？！

Look at the state of you! You can't go anywhere without that thing. You don't concentrate on eating or even walking down the street, you were almost run over by a car last time you crossed the street. You're even glued to it when you're in bed, do you want to go blind?!

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