bó
meager
slight
weak
ungenerous or unkind
frivolous
to despise
to belittle
to look down on
to approach or near
báo
thin
cold in manner
indifferent
weak
light
infertile
dàn bó
thin
light
flagging
faint
báo piàn
thin slice
thin section
flake
Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4]
bó mó
membrane
film
CL:層|层[ceng2]
kè bó
unkind
harsh
cutting
mean
acrimony
to embezzle by making illegal deductions
hòu báo
thickness
also pr. [hou4 bo2]
hòu bó
to favor one and discriminate against the other (abbr. for 厚此薄彼[hou4 ci3 bo2 bi3])
qīng bó
light (weight)
frivolous
a philanderer
to scorn
disrespectful
bó mìng
to be born under an unlucky star (usu. of women)
to be born unlucky
báo céng
thin layer
thin slice
film
lamina
lamella
bó lì duō xiāo
small profit but rapid turnover
Bó Xī lái
Bo Xilai (1949-), PRC politician, Minister of Commerce from 2004, Politburo member from 2007
bó qíng
inconstant in love
fickle
mián bó
my humble effort
my meager contribution (humble)
pēn bó
to gush
to squirt
to surge
to well out
to overflow
báo bǐng
thin flat cake
pancake
pizza
wàng zì fēi bó
to be unduly humble (idiom); to undervalue oneself
false modesty
bó hòu
meanness and generosity
intimacy and alienation
Bó Yī bō
Bo Yibo (1908-2007), ranking PRC politician, served on State Council from 1950s to 1980s as colleague of Deng Xiaoping
hòu cǐ bó bǐ
to favour one and discriminate against the other
hóng yán bó mìng
beautiful women suffer unhappy fates (idiom)
báo cuì
crispy thin (cooking style)
báo jiǔ
dilute wine
insipid wine
I'm sorry the wine I offer you is so poor. (humble)
bó miàn
my meager sensibilities
blushing face
please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble)
Bó Ruì guāng
Raymond Burghard (1945-), US diplomat and ambassador to Vietnam 2001-2004, chairman of American Institute in Taiwan from 2006
pēn bó yù chū
to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)
(of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance
jīn shǔ báo piàn
foil
Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4]
bó hǎi
vast area
all the way to the sea
báo tòu jìng
thin lens (i.e. of negligible thickness in optics)
bó dài
mean treatment
indifference
meager hospitality
bó jì
meager skill
my poor talents (humble)
bó chóu
small reward (for work)
meager remuneration
hòu yǎng bó zàng
generous care but a thrifty funeral
to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral
bó chǎn
meager estate
small means
yàn bó
to despise
to look down upon sth
jiǎn bó
to lack the necessities of life
bó yǎng hòu zàng
to neglect one's parents but give them a rich funeral
hypocrisy in arranging a lavish funeral after treating one's parents meanly
dé bó néng xiǎn
little virtue and meager abilities (idiom); I'm a humble person and not much use at anything (Song writer Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修)
pín zuǐ bó shé
garrulous and sharp-tongued
tān bó hòu měi gǔ yíng lì
diluted earnings per share
qīng zuǐ bó shé
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
caustic and sharp-tongued
yī dān shí bó
thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
destitute
cán bó
variant of 蠶箔|蚕箔[can2 bo2]
qīng kǒu bó shé
lit. light mouth, thin tongue (idiom); hasty and rude
caustic and sharp-tongued
hòu sǐ bó shēng
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
fig. to live in the past (idiom)
Bó jiā qiū
Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), Italian writer, poet, and humanist, author of Decameron 十日談|十日谈[Shi2 ri4 Tan2]
fěi bó
humble
meager
thin
to despise
qióng jiā bó yè
poor and with few means of subsistance (idiom)
destitute
jí bó
(of land) infertile
barren
rì bó Yān zī
lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
fig. the day is drawing to an end
the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)
wàng zì fěi bó
to be unduly humble (idiom)
to undervalue oneself
rú lǚ bó bīng
lit. as if walking on thin ice (idiom)
fig. to be extremely cautious
to be skating on thin ice
hòu jī bó fā
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
good preparation is the key to success
to be well prepared
hòu gǔ bó jīn
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
kè bó guǎ ēn
harsh and merciless (idiom)