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背
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Definitions
- 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
Example Sentences
1 shown背 癢。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 背
back to back
with one's hands behind one's back
spine
the back of the human body
background music (BGM)
to leave one's homeplace (to find work, flee disaster etc)
back of a tiger and waist of a bear
(lit.) chest sticking to back
anticline (geology)
the back (human anatomy)
(bird species of China) black-tailed crake (Porzana bicolor)
sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)
back of the knife
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
overalls
(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
to have a weight on one's mind
to massage sb's back by pounding it lightly with one's fists
to conduct a background check
(bird species of China) eastern cattle egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind
debt as heavy as a mountain on a turtle's back
a basket carried on the back
historical background
behind sb's back
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])
to break faith
swept-back hairstyle
to have one's back towards
(bird species of China) von Schrenck's bittern (Ixobrychus eurhythmus)
(bird species of China) barred laughingthrush (Garrulax lunulatus)
to learn by rote
(bird species of China) Blanford's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda blanfordi)
dorsal fin
slouch
bad luck
to abandon
to turn one's back
secretly
to abrogate an agreement
to serve as a sacrificial victim
(bird species of China) Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
to go against
Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
to break an agreement
back of the hand
to turn away
to violate; to go against
braces
(bird species of China) chestnut bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
to have sex with a prostitute
(bird species of China) Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)
hunchbacked
to have bad luck
the back of a chair
nape
to be made a scapegoat
tank top
to bear
backpacker
to support or oppose
to be attacked from the front and rear (idiom)
to be in debt
high-back chair
(bird species of China) dark-rumped swift (Apus acuticauda)
German shepherd
educational background
(bird species of China) blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
background blurring (photography)
(bird species of China) green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae)
in violation of contract and good faith
homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[duàn bèi shān], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)
latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
(bird species of China) Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus)
BCD
(bird species of China) greater scaup (Aythya marila)
(formal, tactful) (of an elder) to pass away
(bird species of China) marsh grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
to betray
(bird species of China) common flameback (Dinopium javanense)
panel
with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
contrary
(bird species of China) white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
(bird species of China) streaked spiderhunter (Arachnothera magna)
horse's back
(bird species of China) grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
split-leaf philodendron
to have one's back against
background; backdrop; context
(bird species of China) grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
(bird species of China) long-tailed shrike (Lanius schach)
(of a garment) backless; halterneck
(bird species of China) ground tit (Pseudopodoces humilis)
traitor
to sweat profusely (idiom)
backpacking
(bird species of China) Kessler's thrush (Turdus kessleri)
harness pad (on draft animal)
feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)
(bird species of China) Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
(bird species of China) white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis)
(bird species of China) green-backed tit (Parus monticolus)
in the shade
(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑鍋|背黑锅[bēi hēi guō]) to carry the can
(bird species of China) rufous-backed redstart (Phoenicurus erythronotus)
redback spider
(bird species of China) common rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
back-knocking massage
carrying on one's back
back (of a human or other vertebrate)
to depart from
to learn by rote
behind sb's back
(bird species of China) spotted forktail (Enicurus maculatus)
outdated
back
to die
to be masturbated by a prostitute
(bird species of China) cinereous tit (Parus cinereus)
(bird species of China) red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio)
with one's hands clasped behind one's back
backpack
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom)
rear view
(bird species of China) slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus)
(bird species of China) bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus picatus)
to receive oral sex from a prostitute
face to the ground, back to the sky
to score last in an examination
turning one's back to (sth or sb)
knapsack
(bird species of China) greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
to mount a picture
(bird species of China) slaty-backed gull (Larus schistisagus)
(bird species of China) maroon-backed accentor (Prunella immaculata)
to stop breathing (as a medical condition)
(dialect) to be out of luck
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind
to be in a poor light
(bird species of China) fulvous-chested jungle flycatcher (Rhinomyias olivacea)
instep (upper surface of the foot)
(bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[yún lín xiàn], Taiwan
waist of a bear and back of a tiger
(coll.) to have a stroke of bad luck
behind
back to back
with back to the mountain (favored location)
to be on intimate terms with sb (idiom)
Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[lǐ ān]
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
(bird species of China) chestnut-cheeked starling (Agropsar philippensis)
to be hearing impaired
the back
hatchback
to hunch over
humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
battery case (for a phone)
(bird species of China) white-rumped vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)
(bird species of China) merlin (Falco columbarius)
camisole (women's garment)
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
(bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)
to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
to flog or whip the back
background check
(bird species of China) black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
(bird species of China) rufous-backed sibia (Heterophasia annectans)
to recite
bad luck
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray