bèi jǐng 
		background
backdrop
context
(fig.) powerful backer
CL:種|种[zhong3]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi 
		the back of a body or object
to turn one's back
to hide something from
to learn by heart
to recite from memory
unlucky (slang)
hard of hearing
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bēi 
		to be burdened
to carry on the back or shoulder
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi hòu 
		behind
at the back
in the rear
behind sb's back
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			duàn bèi 
		homosexual, cf Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi dào ér chí 
		to run in the opposite direction (idiom); to run counter to
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi miàn 
		the back
the reverse side
the wrong side
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bēi fù 
		bear
carry on the back
have on one's shoulder
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			wéi bèi 
		to go against
to be contrary to
to violate
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi lí 
		to depart from
to deviate from
deviation
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi sòng 
		to recite
to repeat from memory
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi shū 
		to repeat a lesson
to learn by heart
to endorse a check
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			tuó bèi 
		hunchbacked
stooping
hunchback
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bēi dài 
		braces
suspenders
sling (for a rifle)
straps (for a knapsack)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi yǐng 
		rear view
figure seen from behind
view of the back (of a person or object)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bēi bāo 
		knapsack
rucksack
infantry pack
field pack
blanket roll
CL:個|个[ge4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi xīn 
		sleeveless garment (vest, waistcoat, singlet, tank top etc)
CL:件[jian4]
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi guāng 
		to be in a poor light
to do sth with one's back to the light
to stand in one's own light
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi jǐ 
		the back of the human body
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			lòu bèi 
		halterneck
backless (garment)
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi jǐng yīn yuè 
		background music (BGM)
soundtrack
musical setting
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			sǐ jì yìng bèi 
		to learn by rote
to mechanically memorize
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi dì 
		secretly
in private
behind someone's back
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi shuǐ yī zhàn 
		lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bēi shān 
		with back to the mountain (favored location)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bēi hēi guō 
		to be made a scapegoat
to be unjustly blamed
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			bèi jǐng lí xiāng 
		to leave one's native place, esp. against one's will (idiom)
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			Duàn bèi shān 
		Brokeback Mountain, film by Ang Lee
		 
		
		
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			hǔ bèi xióng yāo 
		back of a tiger and waist of a bear
tough and stocky build
		 
		
		
														
		
		
			 
		
				
		
			dào bèi rú liú 
		to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)