背
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- 1. the back of a body or object
- 2. to turn one's back
- 3. to hide something from
- 4. to learn by heart
- 5. to recite from memory
- 6. unlucky (slang)
- 7. hard of hearing
Words Containing 背
knapsack
to betray
behind
sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)
background; backdrop; context
carrying on one's back
turning one's back to (sth or sb)
to recite
the back
to go against
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
with one's hands behind one's back
(bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
back of the knife
(lit.) chest sticking to back
arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
camisole (women's garment)
to support or oppose
to serve as a sacrificial victim
(bird species of China) greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
(bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
to hunch over
slouch
the back (human anatomy)
lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
back of the hand
lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
to die
to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists
hatchback
to be in debt
harness pad (on draft animal)
educational background
to receive oral sex from a prostitute
to have sex with a prostitute
to be masturbated by a prostitute
back-knocking massage
(bird species of China) barred laughingthrush (Garrulax lunulatus)
(bird species of China) marsh grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
(bird species of China) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
(bird species of China) spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[duàn bèi shān], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[lǐ ān]
(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)
(bird species of China) rufous-backed sibia (Heterophasia annectans)
(bird species of China) maroon-backed accentor (Prunella immaculata)
(bird species of China) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)
(bird species of China) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
to abrogate an agreement
(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
(bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
(bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
(bird species of China) Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri)
the back of a chair
historical background
to learn by rote
to learn by rote
to sweat profusely (idiom)
tank top
BCD
(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
(bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
(bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
(bird species of China) merlin (Falco columbarius)
(bird species of China) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
(bird species of China) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
waist of a bear and back of a tiger
(bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
(bird species of China) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
(bird species of China) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
(bird species of China) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
contrary
to flog or whip the back
(bird species of China) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
(bird species of China) rufous-backed redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
redback spider
(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
(bird species of China) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis)
(bird species of China) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)
(bird species of China) green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
(bird species of China) green-backed tit (Parus monticolus)
(bird species of China) fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias olivacea)
to be hearing impaired
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
to break faith
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray
to have one's back against
back
to be in a poor light
backpacker
to have a weight on one's mind
backpacking
traitor
backpack
secretly
behind sb's back
behind sb's back
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
battery case (for a phone)
bad luck
to have one's back towards
back to back
with back to the mountain (favored location)
with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
braces
overalls
rear view
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind
anticline (geology)
outdated
background blurring (photography)
background check
background music (BGM)
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart
panel
to abandon
to score last in an examination
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind
to stop breathing (as a medical condition)
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
term used to refer to a person who is not present (e.g. 小姨子[xiǎo yí zi]) (contrasted with 面稱|面称[miàn chēng])
a basket carried on the back
to break an agreement
the back of the human body
with one's hands clasped behind one's back
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom)
to conduct a background check
to bear
to turn away
to violate; to go against
bad luck
to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑鍋|背黑锅[bēi hēi guō]) to carry the can
latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
in the shade
to depart from
back to back
swept-back hairstyle
spine
dorsal fin
to be made a scapegoat
back (of a human or other vertebrate)
instep (upper surface of the foot)
to be attacked from the front and rear (idiom)
to be on intimate terms with sb (idiom)
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
(bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
back of a tiger and waist of a bear
to mount a picture
(bird species of China) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)
(bird species of China) bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)
(formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away
to have bad luck
to turn one's back
in violation of contract and good faith
(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
(of a garment) backless; halterneck
high-back chair
face to the ground, back to the sky
nape
horse's back
hunchbacked
humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
German shepherd
(bird species of China) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
(coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck
(dialect) to be out of luck
split-leaf philodendron