"Foil" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 cuò bài to thwart / to foil (sb's plans) / a setback / a failure / a defeat
 hōng tuō background (of a painting) / backdrop / a foil (to set off something to advantage) / to offset (something to advantage)
 péi chèn to enhance by contrast / to set off / to serve as a background in order to bring out the subject with greater brilliance / to serve as a prop / a foil
 huā jiàn foil (fencing)
 jīn shǔ báo piàn foil / Taiwan pr. [jin1 shu3 bo2 pian4]
 lu:3 bó aluminum foil
 lu:3 bó zhǐ aluminum foil
 yín bó silver foil
 xī bó zhǐ aluminum foil / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 bó plaited matting (of rushes, bamboo etc) / silkworm basket / metal foil / foil paper
 duì chèn to serve as foil to one another
 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
 tiē xī bó to decorate with tin foil
 jīn yín bó gold and silver foil / gold and silver leaf
 qiān bó lead foil / CL:張|张[zhang1]
 là bó thin foil to make paper money for the dead
  exploding foil initiator
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