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鄙薄
bǐ bó
Pinyin
Definition
鄙薄
-
bǐ bó
to despise
to scorn
Character Decomposition
鄙
口
十
回
阝
薄
艹
氵
十
用
丶
寸
Related Words
(20)
微薄
wēi bó
1
scanty
2
meager
薄
Bó
1
surname Bo
鄙视
bǐ shì
1
to despise
2
to disdain
3
to look down upon
刻薄
kè bó
1
unkind
2
harsh
3
cutting
4
mean
5
acrimony
6
to embezzle by making illegal deductions
卑鄙
bēi bǐ
1
base
2
mean
3
contemptible
4
despicable
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
1
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
2
good preparation is the key to success
3
to be well prepared
单薄
dān bó
1
weak
2
frail
3
thin
4
flimsy
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
1
lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
2
fig. to be extremely cautious
3
to be skating on thin ice
淡薄
dàn bó
1
thin
2
light
3
flagging
4
faint
浅薄
qiǎn bó
1
superficial
薄弱
bó ruò
1
weak
2
frail
薄情
bó qíng
1
inconstant in love
2
fickle
薄熙来
Bó Xī lái
1
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, appointed to the Politburo in 2007, sentenced in 2013 to life imprisonment for corruption and misconduct
薄片
báo piàn
1
thin slice
2
thin section
3
flake
4
Taiwan pr. [bó piàn]
薄纱
báo shā
1
gauze (cloth)
薄荷
bò he
1
field mint
2
peppermint
薄饼
báo bǐng
1
thin flat cake
2
pancake
3
pizza
轻薄
qīng bó
1
light (weight)
2
frivolous
3
a philanderer
4
to scorn
5
disrespectful
鄙人
bǐ rén
1
your humble servant
2
I
鄙夷
bǐ yí
1
to despise
2
to look down upon
3
despicable
Idioms
(17)
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
1
harsh and merciless (idiom)
卑鄙龌龊
bēi bǐ wò chuò
1
sordid and contemptible (idiom); vile and repulsive (esp. character or action)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
1
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
1
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
2
fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
1
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
2
good preparation is the key to success
3
to be well prepared
喷薄欲出
pēn bó yù chū
1
to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
2
(of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
如履薄冰
rú lu:3 bó bīng
1
lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
2
fig. to be extremely cautious
3
to be skating on thin ice
妄自菲薄
wàng zì fěi bó
1
to be unduly humble (idiom)
2
to undervalue oneself
德薄能鲜
dé bó néng xiǎn
1
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
日薄崦嵫
rì bó Yān zī
1
lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
2
fig. the day is drawing to an end
3
the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
沥陈鄙见
lì chén bǐ jiàn
1
to state one's humble opinion (idiom)
穷家薄业
qióng jiā bó yè
1
poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
2
destitute
红颜薄命
hóng yán bó mìng
1
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
衣单食薄
yī dān shí bó
1
thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
2
destitute
轻口薄舌
qīng kǒu bó shé
1
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
2
caustic and sharp-tongued
轻嘴薄舌
qīng zuǐ bó shé
1
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
2
caustic and sharp-tongued
轻浪浮薄
qīng làng fú bó
1
(idiom) frivolous
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