jiè​kǒu HSK7

excuse

  • created reference approved 借口/藉口 → 托词/託詞 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借口 / 藉口 jiè​kǒu

    托词 / 託詞 tuō​cí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 借口/藉口 → 借词/借詞 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借口 / 藉口 jiè​kǒu

    借词 / 借詞 jiè​cí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 借口/藉口 → 设词/設詞 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借口 / 藉口 jiè​kǒu

    设词 / 設詞 shè​cí

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created reference approved 借口 → 藉口 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借口 jiè​kǒu

    藉口 jiè​kǒu

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 借口/藉口 · jiè​kǒu · to quote — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借口 / 藉口

    jiè​kǒu

    to quote

    to quote or use someone else's words as a basis for one's own argument

    借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to make use of 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense

  • created sense approved 借口 · jiè​kǒu · excuse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    借口

    jiè​kǒu

    excuse

    to use something as an excuse or pretext; to use a false reason for doing or avoiding something; an excuse or pretext given to justify a behavior or state of affairs

    藉口

    借, 口

    借 (literal) → 借 · jiè · to use as a pretext 口 (literal) → 口 · kǒu · speech

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense