投拍
tóu pāi
Pinyin

Definition

投拍
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tóu pāi
  1. to start shooting (a film)
  2. to invest in (a movie)
  3. to put (sth) up for auction

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

投票
tóu piào
  1. 1 to vote
  2. 2 vote
拍
pāi
  1. 1 to pat
  2. 2 to clap
  3. 3 to slap
  4. 4 to swat
  5. 5 to take (a photo)
  6. 6 to shoot (a film)
  7. 7 racket (sports)
  8. 8 beat (music)
偷拍
tōu pāi
  1. 1 to take a picture of a person without permission or without their knowledge
实拍
shí pāi
  1. 1 candid photograph
  2. 2 genuine photograph (not set up or doctored)
意气相投
yì qì xiāng tóu
  1. 1 congenial
抓拍
zhuā pāi
  1. 1 to capture (an image)
  2. 2 to snap (a photo)
投
tóu
  1. 1 to cast
  2. 2 to send
  3. 3 to throw oneself (into the river etc)
  4. 4 to seek refuge
  5. 5 to place oneself into the hands of
投入
tóu rù
  1. 1 to throw into
  2. 2 to put into
  3. 3 to throw oneself into
  4. 4 to participate in
  5. 5 to invest in
  6. 6 absorbed
  7. 7 engrossed
投稿
tóu gǎo
  1. 1 to submit articles for publication
  2. 2 to contribute (writing)
投胎
tóu tāi
  1. 1 to be reincarnated
投诉
tóu sù
  1. 1 complaint
  2. 2 to complain
  3. 3 to register a complaint (esp. as a customer)
投资
tóu zī
  1. 1 investment
  2. 2 to invest
投资者
tóu zī zhě
  1. 1 investor
投降
tóu xiáng
  1. 1 to surrender
  2. 2 surrender
拍拖
pāi tuō
  1. 1 (dialect) to date sb
拍摄
pāi shè
  1. 1 to film
  2. 2 to shoot (a picture)
拍案
pāi àn
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table (in amazement, praise, anger, resentment etc)
  2. 2 fig. astonishing!, wonderful!, dreadful! etc
拍照
pāi zhào
  1. 1 to take a picture
相投
xiāng tóu
  1. 1 agreeing with one another
  2. 2 congenial
一举手一投足
yī jǔ shǒu yī tóu zú
  1. 1 every little move
  2. 2 every single movement

Idioms (20)

一拍两散
yī pāi liǎng sàn
  1. 1 (of marriage or business partners) to break up (idiom)
  2. 2 to separate
一拍即合
yī pāi jí hé
  1. 1 lit. to be together from the first beat (idiom)
  2. 2 to hit it off
  3. 3 to click together
  4. 4 to chime in easily
五体投地
wǔ tǐ tóu dì
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
情投意合
qíng tóu yì hé
  1. 1 to have an affinity with each other (idiom)
  2. 2 to find each other congenial
投井下石
tóu jǐng xià shí
  1. 1 to throw stones at sb who fell down a well (idiom); to hit a person who is down
投桃报李
tóu táo bào lǐ
  1. 1 toss a peach, get back a plum (idiom); to return a favor
  2. 2 to exchange gifts
  3. 3 Scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours.
投机倒把
tóu jī dǎo bǎ
  1. 1 speculation and profiteering (idiom); buying and selling on speculation
投石问路
tóu shí wèn lù
  1. 1 lit. to toss a stone to find out what's ahead (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to test the waters
投笔从戎
tóu bǐ cóng róng
  1. 1 to lay down the pen and take up the sword (idiom)
  2. 2 to join the military (esp. of educated person)
投缳自缢
tóu huán zì yì
  1. 1 to hang oneself (idiom)
投袂而起
tóu mèi ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to shake one's sleeves and rise (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to get excited and move to action
投鞭断流
tóu biān duàn liú
  1. 1 arms enough to stem the stream (idiom); formidable army
投鼠忌器
tóu shǔ jì qì
  1. 1 lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom)
  2. 2 to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
明珠暗投
míng zhū àn tóu
  1. 1 to cast pearls before swine (idiom)
  2. 2 not to get proper recognition for one's talents
溜须拍马
liū xū pāi mǎ
  1. 1 to smooth whiskers and pat a horse's bottom (idiom); to use flatter to get what one wants
  2. 2 to toady
  3. 3 boot-licking
病急乱投医
bìng jí luàn tóu yī
  1. 1 lit. to turn to any doctor one can find when critically ill (idiom); fig. to try anyone or anything in a crisis
举手投足
jǔ shǒu tóu zú
  1. 1 one's every movement (idiom)
  2. 2 comportment
  3. 3 gestures

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