陪衬
péi chèn
Pinyin

Definition

陪衬
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péi chèn
  1. to enhance by contrast
  2. to set off
  3. to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance
  4. to serve as a prop
  5. a foil

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

péi
  1. 1 to accompany
  2. 2 to keep sb company
  3. 3 to assist
  4. 4 old variant of 賠|赔[péi]
péi bàn
  1. 1 to accompany
péi tóng
  1. 1 to accompany
dì péi
  1. 1 local guide
  2. 2 tour escort
shī péi
  1. 1 goodbye (modest formula)
  2. 2 Excuse me, I must leave.
fèng péi
  1. 1 (honorific) to accompany
  2. 2 to keep sb company
péi shì
  1. 1 to wait upon (older people)
  2. 2 to accompany
  3. 3 attendant
péi jià
  1. 1 dowry
péi shěn yuán
  1. 1 juror
péi shěn tuán
  1. 1 jury
péi chuáng
  1. 1 to look after a hospitalized loved one
péi chǎn
  1. 1 to be present during childbirth
péi shuì
  1. 1 to trade sex for favorable treatment (career advancement, higher grades, rent-free accommodation etc)
  2. 2 to sleep in the same bed as one's child
péi liàn
  1. 1 training partner
  2. 2 sparring partner
péi zuì
  1. 1 to apologize
  2. 2 apology
péi liáo
  1. 1 to keep sb company for a chat
  2. 2 (esp.) to be a paid escort
péi zàng
  1. 1 to be buried with or next to dead person (of deceased's partner, or of funerary objects)
péi zàng pǐn
  1. 1 funerary objects (items buried together with the dead)
péi chèn
  1. 1 to enhance by contrast
  2. 2 to set off
  3. 3 to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance
  4. 4 to serve as a prop
  5. 5 a foil
péi hù
  1. 1 to attend to the needs of (an invalid, disabled person etc)
  2. 2 caregiver

Idioms (0)

Sample Sentences

你看看那些看秀的美女,一个个昂首挺胸的像极了骄傲优雅的天鹅,这照片里,我在人群中怎么看都像是陪衬的山鸡,郁闷至极。
nǐ kàn kan nàxiē kàn xiù de měinǚ ,yīgègè ángshǒutǐngxiōng de xiàng jí le jiāoào yōuyǎ de tiān\'é ,zhè zhàopiàn lǐ ,wǒ zài rénqún zhōng zěnme kàn dōu xiàng shì péichèn de shānjī ,yùmèn zhì jí 。
Look at those pretty ladies watching the show, each one of them with their heads held high and their chests pushed out. They look really like proud graceful swans. In this photo, however you look at it, I'm the pheasant to their swans, it's so depressing.