arrow-blocking shield; (fig.) pretext; cover; sth used to deflect blame, criticism or pressure
trad. 擋箭牌
Also written 擋箭牌【dǎng jiàn pái】
Characters in this word
3挡
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to resist, to obstruct, to hinder, to keep off, to block (a blow), to get in the way of, cover, gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)
- Pinyin
- dǎng
- Traditional
- 擋
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 3517 of 2500
箭
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arrow, CL:支[zhi1]
- Pinyin
- jiàn
- Strokes
- 15
- Frequency
- 7824 of 2500
牌
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signboard; plaque; plate; tablet (CL:塊|块[kuai4]), brand; trademark, mahjong tile; domino; playing card (CL:張|张[zhang1]), (bound form) fixed pattern for lyrics or set melody in classical poetry or music (used in 詞牌|词牌[ci2 pai2] and 曲牌[qu3 pai2])
- Pinyin
- pái
- Strokes
- 12
- Frequency
- 3297 of 2500