擋箭牌

See also: 挡箭牌

Chinese

		to block	arrow	shield
trad. (擋箭牌)		擋	箭	牌
simp. (挡箭牌)		挡	箭	牌

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dǎngjiànpái

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dong² zin³ paai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dǎngjiànpái
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄤˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄆㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dǎngjiànpái
    • Wade–Giles: tang³-chien⁴-pʻai²
    • Yale: dǎng-jyàn-pái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: daangjiannpair
    • Palladius: данцзяньпай (danczjanʹpaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹ pʰaɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dong² zin³ paai⁴
    • Yale: dóng jin pàaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dong² dzin³ paai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dong² jin³ pai⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siːn³³ pʰaːi̯²¹/

Noun

擋箭牌

1. shield; buckler
2. (figurative) excuse; defence; justification

Synonyms

• (excuse):

• 事由 (shìyóu)
• 口實／口实 (kǒushí)
• 幌子 (huǎngzi) (figurative)
• 推頭／推头 (¹the-deu) (Wu)
• 由頭／由头
• 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
• 藉口／借口 (jièkǒu)
• 託詞／托词 (tuōcí)
• 頭由／头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
• 題目／题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)