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- quilt
- to cover (with)
- (literary) to suffer (a misfortune)
- used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb)
- (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- perianth (common term for calyx and corolla)
- border and protecting envelope of a flower
- duvet cover; quilt cover
- (finance) to be stuck with an asset that has decreased in value after purchase
Trad. 被窩
- (traditional bedding) quilt wrapped around the body as a tube
- (contemporary) bedding; bed cover
- duvet inner; duvet insert (i.e. a duvet without its cover 被套[bei4 tao4])
- quilt padding; quilt wadding
Trad. 被旅遊
- (coll.) (of a dissident) to be taken on a tour, ostensibly a vacation, but actually a trip organized by the authorities where one's every move is watched
- survivor of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 被爆者 "hibakusha")
Trad. 被自殺
- a death claimed to be a suicide by the authorities
Trad. 被訪者
- respondent (in a survey, questionnaire, study etc)
Trad. 被上訴人
- appellee (side that won in trial court, whose victory is being appealed by losing side)
Trad. 被保險人
- insured party; the person or entity covered under an insurance policy
Trad. 被剝削者
- person suffering exploitation
- the workers in Marxist theory
Trad. 被動吸煙
- second-hand smoking
- passive smoking
Trad. 被執行人
- (law) person required to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement (e.g. to pay compensation to sb)
- angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
Trad. 被選舉權
- the right to be elected
- the right to stand for election
Trad. 被子植物門
- angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
Trad. 失信被執行人
- (law) judgement defaulter (person who has failed to fulfill obligations set forth in a written court judgement, such as paying compensation to sb, despite having the means to do so)
- debt dodger
Trad. 聰明反被聰明誤
- (idiom) a clever person may become the victim of his own ingenuity; cleverness may overreach itself; too smart for one's own good