"Foil" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 挫败 | cuò bài | to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat |   |
| 烘托 | hōng tuō | background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage) | |
| 陪衬 | péi chèn | to serve as a foil / to set off / a foil / a contrast | |
| 花剑 | huā jiàn | foil (fencing) | |
| 金属薄片 | jīn shǔ báo piàn | foil / Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4] | |
| 铝箔 | lu:3 bó | aluminum foil | |
| 铝箔纸 | lu:3 bó zhǐ | aluminum foil | |
| 银箔 | yín bó | silver foil | |
| 锡箔纸 | xī bó zhǐ | aluminum foil / CL:張|张[zhang1] | |
| 箔 |  bó | plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper | |
| 对衬 | duì chèn | to serve as foil to one another | |
| 烘云托月 | hōng yún tuō yuè | lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom) / fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero | |
| 贴锡箔 | tiē xī bó | to decorate with tin foil | |
| 金银箔 | jīn yín bó | gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf | |
| 铅箔 | qiān bó | lead foil / CL:張|张[zhang1] | |
| 镴箔 | là bó | thin foil to make paper money for the dead | |
| 爆炸箔起爆器 | exploding foil initiator | | |
| 追龙 | zhuī lóng | (slang) to inhale the vapor from heroin heated on a piece of aluminum foil / to chase the dragon | |
| 烫金 | tàng jīn | (printing) to stamp with gold foil / to bronze | |
