牌坊
pái fāng
Pinyin

Definition

牌坊
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pái fāng
  1. memorial arch

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

品牌
pǐn pái
  1. 1 brand name
  2. 2 trademark
打牌
dǎ pái
  1. 1 to play mahjong or cards
牌
pái
  1. 1 mahjong tile
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 game pieces
  4. 4 signboard
  5. 5 plate
  6. 6 tablet
  7. 7 medal
  8. 8 CL:片[piàn],個|个[gè],塊|块[kuài]
作坊
zuō fang
  1. 1 workshop (of artisan)
名牌
míng pái
  1. 1 famous brand
  2. 2 nameplate
  3. 3 name tag
大牌
dà pái
  1. 1 strong card
  2. 2 honor card (card games)
  3. 3 very popular or successful person
  4. 4 self-important
工坊
gōng fáng
  1. 1 workshop
底牌
dǐ pái
  1. 1 cards in one's hand
  2. 2 (fig.) undisclosed strength or information
  3. 3 hidden trump
广告牌
guǎng gào pái
  1. 1 billboard
招牌
zhāo pai
  1. 1 signboard
  2. 2 shop sign
  3. 3 reputation of a business
扑克牌
pū kè pái
  1. 1 poker (card game)
  2. 2 playing card
  3. 3 CL:副[fù]
洗牌
xǐ pái
  1. 1 to shuffle cards
潍坊
Wéi fāng
  1. 1 Weifang prefecture level city in Shandong
牌坊
pái fāng
  1. 1 memorial arch
牌型
pái xíng
  1. 1 hand (in mahjong or card games)
牌子
pái zi
  1. 1 sign
  2. 2 trademark
  3. 3 brand
牌局
pái jú
  1. 1 gambling get-together
  2. 2 game of cards, mahjong etc
牌照
pái zhào
  1. 1 (business) licence
  2. 2 vehicle licence
  3. 3 car registration
  4. 4 licence plate
王牌
wáng pái
  1. 1 trump card
玩牌
wán pái
  1. 1 to play cards
  2. 2 to play mahjong

Idioms (1)

又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too

Sample Sentences

我骗你干吗？你如果去参观牌坊的话，导游肯定会给你讲很多这类的故事。琼瑶剧就是在安徽的那个什么牌坊群里拍的。
wǒ piàn nǐ gànmá ？nǐ rúguǒ qù cānguān páifāng dehuà ，dǎoyóu kěndìng huì gěi nǐ jiǎng hěn duō zhèlèi de gùshi 。Qióngyáo jù jiùshì zài Ānhuī de nàge shénme páifāng qún lǐ pāi de 。
Why would I lie? If you go see the arches, the tour guide will definitely tell you a number of these stories. Qiong yao dramas are all filmed around those archways in Anhui.
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你这句话说得太对了。女人一辈子都要受这些没人性的道德标准约束。在琼瑶剧里就有好多这样的苦命女人，不守寡就会被拉到牌坊下面，罚跪啊，挨打啊，受人唾弃啊，被砸臭鸡蛋啊，受尽折磨。
nǐ zhè jù huà shuō de tài duì le 。nǚrén yībèizi dōu yào shòu zhèxiē méi rénxìng de dàodé biāozhǔn yuēshù 。zài Qióngyáo jù lǐ jiù yǒu hǎo duō zhèyàng de kǔmìng nǚrén ，bù shǒuguǎ jiù huì bèi lādào páifāng xiàmian ，fáguì a ，áidǎ a ，shòu rén tuòqì a ，bèi zá chòujīdàn a ，shòu jìn zhémó 。
You're so right. Women are bound by these inhumane ethical standards their whole lives. In qiong yao dramas there are many of these kinds of pitiable women. They choose not to remain widows, so they get dragged to the base of these arches and are punished. They're forced to kneel and get beaten, they get rotten eggs thrown at them, and they're spurned by everyone. They endure a lot of persecution.
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因为贞节牌坊是专门赐给那些年纪轻轻就死了老公而且坚决不改嫁，在婆家守寡到老的女人。
yīnwèi zhēnjié páifāng shì zhuānmén cìgěi nàxiē niánjìqīngqīng jiù sǐ le lǎogōng érqiě jiānjué bù gǎijià ，zài pójiā shǒuguǎ dào lǎo de nǚrén 。
Because chastity arches are bestowed specifically upon young women who refuse to get married after their husband is dead; they remain with their husband's family a widow even until they're an old woman.
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我？得了吧！我一个女人，要建也只能建一座贞节牌坊，还得牺牲老公和后半生的幸福。
wǒ ？déleba ！wǒ yī gè nǚrén ，yào jiàn yě zhǐnéng jiàn yī zuò zhēnjié páifāng ，hái děi xīshēng lǎogōng hé hòubànshēn de xìngfú 。
Me? No way! I'm a woman. I'd only be able to put up a chastity arch. Plus I'd have to sacrifice my husband and the happiness of the second half of my life.
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不一样。纪念碑是近代才有的，一般用来纪念战争胜利，革命先烈啊什么的。牌坊是古代就有的，在古代一般要得到皇帝的恩赐才可以建牌坊。比如皇帝认为你是一个很有德行的人，或者你曾经立过大功，就可能赐给你一座功德牌坊，以表彰和宣扬你的功德。
bù yīyàng 。jìniànbēi shì jìndài cái yǒu de ，yībān yònglái jìniàn zhànzhēng shènglì ，gémìng xiānliè a shénme de 。páifāng shì gǔdài jiù yǒu de ，zài gǔdài yībān yào dédào huángdì de ēncì cái kěyǐ jiàn páifāng 。bǐrú huángdì rènwéi nǐ shì yī gè hěn yǒu déxíng de rén ，huò zhě nǐ céngjīng lì guo dàgōng ，jiù kěnéng cìgěi nǐ yī zuò gōngdé páifāng ，yǐ biǎozhāng hé xuānyáng nǐ de gōngdé 。
They're not the same. Commemorative monuments are more recent and typically commemorate war victories, revolutionary martyrs and such. Commemorative arches are from ancient times and normally required the emperor's blessing before they could be built. For example, if the emperor thought you to be a very virtuous person or you performed some outstanding service, the emperor could potentially gift you an arch to reward and honor you.
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你不知道啊？安徽的牌坊很有名的。这么说吧，它是一种具有纪念意义的建筑。
nǐ bù zhīdào a ？Ānhuī de páifāng hěn yǒumíng de 。zhèmeshuō ba ，tā shì yīzhǒng jùyǒu jìniàn yìyì de jiànzhù 。
You don't know? Anhui's commemorative arches are really famous. You could say that it's a kind of architecture with commemorative significance.
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牌坊？什么东西？
páifāng ？shénme dōngxi ？
Commemorative arches? What're those?
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哦，那你们还可以去看看牌坊。
ò ，nà nǐmen hái kěyǐ qù kànkan páifāng 。
Oh. Then you can go see the commemorative arches, too.
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