Read Edit View history 挡箭牌 dǎngjiànpái pretext Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 挡箭牌 (擋箭牌) dǎngjiànpái pretext noun a figurative cover or excuse used to deflect blame, criticism, or unwanted pressure shield noun a physical barrier or board used to block arrows or other incoming weapons Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.768 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
挡箭牌 (擋箭牌) dǎngjiànpái pretext noun a figurative cover or excuse used to deflect blame, criticism, or unwanted pressure shield noun a physical barrier or board used to block arrows or other incoming weapons Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 0.768 per million Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)