"foil" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
挫败 挫敗 cuò bài to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat syn
烘托 hōng tuō background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage) syn
陪衬 陪襯 péi chèn to serve as a foil / to set off / a foil / a contrast syn
花剑 花劍 huā jiàn foil (fencing)
金属薄片 金屬薄片 jīn shǔ báo piàn foil / Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4]
Chinese Pinyin Translation Actions
铝箔 鋁箔 lǚ bó aluminum foil
铝箔纸 鋁箔紙 lǚ bó zhǐ aluminum foil
银箔 銀箔 yín bó silver foil
锡箔纸 錫箔紙 xī bó zhǐ aluminum foil / CL:張|张[zhang1]
plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper syn
对衬 對襯 duì chèn to serve as foil to one another
烘云托月 烘雲托月 hōng yún tuō yuè lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom) / fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero syn
贴锡箔 貼錫箔 tiē xī bó to decorate with tin foil
金银箔 金銀箔 jīn yín bó gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf syn
铅箔 鉛箔 qiān bó lead foil / CL:張|张[zhang1]
镴箔 鑞箔 là bó thin foil to make paper money for the dead
爆炸箔起爆器 exploding foil initiator
追龙 追龍 zhuī lóng (slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil / to chase the dragon
烫金 燙金 tàng jīn (printing) to stamp with gold foil / to bronze
反衬 反襯 fǎn chèn to serve as a foil / to highlight through contrast syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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