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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *背* | 背* | *背
the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / (slang) unlucky / hard of hearing
HSK 2
behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *背* | 背* | *背
to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder
HSK 3
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *揹* | 揹* | *揹
variant of
HSK 3
background; backdrop; context / (fig.) powerful backer / CL: 種|种
HSK 4
knapsack / rucksack / infantry pack / field pack / blanket roll / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc) / CL:
HSK 6
turning one's back to (sth or sb) / keeping sth secret from (sb) / keeping (one's hands) behind one's back
HSK 6
to betray
HSK 7-9
to recite / to repeat from memory
HSK 7-9
the back / the reverse side / the wrong side
HSK 7-9
in the shade / shady
to stop breathing (as a medical condition) / (fig.) to pass out (in anger) / to have a stroke
to backstab
back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object)
to recite (a text) from memory; to learn a text by heart / to back; to endorse (a political candidate, product, check etc) / backing; endorsement
to be in a poor light / to do sth with one's back to the light / to stand in one's own light
bad luck / unlucky
braces / suspenders / sling (for a rifle) / straps (for a knapsack)
(HK) backstroke
backpack / knapsack / rucksack
to break faith
background music (BGM) / soundtrack / musical setting
to bear / to carry on one's back / to shoulder
behind sb's back; secretly
a basket carried on the back
lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
latissimus dorsi muscle (back of the chest)
the back of the human body
to abandon / to desert / to renounce
to break an agreement / to go back on one's word / to fail to keep one's promise
to be made a scapegoat; to be unjustly blamed
spine
to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
outdated / out of luck
breaking faith and abandoning right (idiom); to betray / treachery / perfidy
to violate; to go against
to depart from / to deviate from / deviation
immoral; unethical
secretly / in private / behind someone's back
to have a weight on one's mind / to take on a mental burden
to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch / to put up a desperate struggle
with back to the mountain (favored location)
to score last in an examination
panel / back panel
variant of 悖謬|悖谬
anticline (geology)
backpacker
to have one's back against / to lean against / to be backed up by (a mountain etc)
back to back
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺|背杀
overalls / dungarees
carrying on one's back
to be in debt / to be saddled with debts
swept-back hairstyle
background blurring (photography)
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. for 背影殺手|背影杀手
traitor
back / back side
backpacking
battery case (for a phone)
bad luck
to have one's back towards
back to back
with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
erhua variant of 背影
background check
term used to refer to a person who is not present (e.g. 小姨子) (contrasted with 面稱|面称)
with one's hands clasped behind one's back
lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden
background check (abbr. for 背景調查|背景调查) / to conduct a background check
to turn away / to turn one's back to / (gymnastics etc) backspin
to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
(slang) (neologism derived from 背黑鍋|背黑锅) to carry the can; to be a scapegoat
dorsal fin


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