(lit.) chest sticking to back; (fig.) famished; (of several persons) packed chest to back
trad. 前胸貼後背
Also written 前胸貼後背【qián xiōng tiē hòu bèi】
Characters in this word
5前
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front, forward, ahead, first, top (followed by a number), future, ago, before, BC (e.g. 前293年), former, formerly
- Pinyin
- qián
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 256 of 2500
胸
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variant of 胸[xiong1]
- Pinyin
- xiōng
- Traditional
- 胷
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 6544 of 2500
贴
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to stick, to paste, to post (e.g. on a blog), to keep close to, to fit snugly, to subsidize, allowance (e.g. money for food or housing), sticker, classifier for sticking plaster: strip
- Pinyin
- tiē
- Traditional
- 貼
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 4447 of 2500
后
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surname Hou
- Pinyin
- Hòu
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 233 of 2500
背
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variant of 背[bei1]
- Pinyin
- bēi
- Traditional
- 揹
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2692 of 2500