被套
bèi tào
Pinyin

Definition

被套
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bèi tào
  1. quilt cover
  2. to have money stuck (in stocks, real estate etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

套
tào
  1. 1 to cover
  2. 2 to encase
  3. 3 cover
  4. 4 sheath
  5. 5 to overlap
  6. 6 to interleave
  7. 7 to model after
  8. 8 to copy
  9. 9 formula
  10. 10 harness
  11. 11 loop of rope
  12. 12 (fig.) to fish for
  13. 13 to obtain slyly
  14. 14 classifier for sets, collections
  15. 15 bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names)
  16. 16 tau (Greek letter Ττ)
被
bèi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 by
  3. 3 (indicates passive-voice clauses)
  4. 4 (literary) to cover
  5. 5 to meet with
  6. 6 (coll.) (since c. 2009) used before a verb that does not accurately represent what actually happened, to describe with black humor how sb or sth was dealt with by the authorities (as in 被自殺|被自杀[bèi zì shā])
外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
套装
tào zhuāng
  1. 1 outfit or suit (of clothes)
  2. 2 set of coordinated items
  3. 3 kit
套餐
tào cān
  1. 1 set meal
  2. 2 product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription)
手套
shǒu tào
  1. 1 glove
  2. 2 mitten
  3. 3 CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī]
被子
bèi zi
  1. 1 quilt
  2. 2 CL:床[chuáng]
被窝
bèi wō
  1. 1 quilt wrapped around the body as a tube (traditional bedding)
  2. 2 (contemporary) bedding
  3. 3 quilt
  4. 4 blankets
  5. 5 cover
  6. 6 bed
一套
yī tào
  1. 1 suit
  2. 2 a set
  3. 3 a collection
  4. 4 of the same kind
  5. 5 the same old stuff
  6. 6 set pattern of behavior
不落俗套
bù luò sú tào
  1. 1 to conform to no conventional pattern
  2. 2 unconventional
  3. 3 offbeat
乱套
luàn tào
  1. 1 in a mess
  2. 2 upside down
俗套
sú tào
  1. 1 conventional patterns
  2. 2 cliché
保险套
bǎo xiǎn tào
  1. 1 condom
  2. 2 CL:隻|只[zhī]
全套
quán tào
  1. 1 an entire set
  2. 2 full complement
包被
bāo bèi
  1. 1 peridium (envelope or coat of fungi, e.g. puffballs)
圈套
quān tào
  1. 1 trap
  2. 2 snare
  3. 3 trick
垫被
diàn bèi
  1. 1 mattress
套件
tào jiàn
  1. 1 kit (equipment)
套儿
tào r5
  1. 1 (coll.) loop of rope
  2. 2 noose
  3. 3 scheme
  4. 4 ploy
  5. 5 condom
套利
tào lì
  1. 1 arbitrage

Idioms (3)

一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳
yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng
  1. 1 once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope
  2. 2 once bitten, twice shy (idiom)
聪明反被聪明误
cōng míng fǎn bèi cōng míng wù
  1. 1 a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity (idiom); cleverness may overreach itself
  2. 2 too smart for one's own good

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