"Pretext" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext
 dùn pái shield / pretext / excuse
 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext / also written 借口[jie4 kou3]
 shuō cí excuse / pretext / entreaties / arguments
 yóu tou pretext / excuse / justification / reason
 tuō cí to make an excuse / pretext / excuse
 jiè cí loanword / pretext
 kǒu shí food / salary (old) / a pretext / a cause for gossip
 shì cí excuse / pretext
 dòng zhé easily / readily / frequently / at every turn / at the slightest pretext
 jiè cǐ using this as a pretext / thereby
 jiǎ jiè to make use of / to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as / lenient / tolerant / loan character (one of the Six Methods 六書|六书 / of forming Chinese characters) / character acquiring meanings by phonetic association / also called phonetic loan
 huà bǐng a pretext for gossip / a matter for derision
 jiè tí fā huī to use the current topic to put over one's own ideas / to use sth as a pretext to make a fuss
 Jiǔ Yī bā Shì biàn the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as Liutiaogou incident 柳條溝事變|柳条沟事变
 Yà luó Hào the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)
 Yà luó Hào Shì jiàn the Arrow Incident of 1856 (used as pretext for the second Opium War)
 yǐ miǎn jiè kǒu to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)
 jiè duān to use as pretext
 jiǎ jiè to use sth as pretext / under false pretenses / under the guise of / masquerading as
 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传) / one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him. / also written 慾加之罪,何
 yù jiā zhī zuì , hé huàn wú cí If you want to condemn sb, don't worry about the pretext (idiom, from Zuozhuan 左傳|左传) / one can always trump up a charge against sb / Give a dog a bad name, then hang him.
 zhǎo jiè kǒu to look for a pretext
 zhǎo tái jiē r to find an excuse / to look for a pretext
 zhǎo zhé to look for a pretext
 ná zhe jī máo dàng lìng jiàn to wave a chicken feather as a token of authority (idiom) / to assume unwarranted authority on the basis of some pretext
 tuī gù to find a pretext for refusing
 liǔ tiáo gōu shì biàn the Mukden or Manchurian railway incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事变
 huà lǐ tào huà to use seemingly innocent conversation topics as a pretext to glean information / to touch upon other matters not central to the topic being discussed
 xìn duān pretext for a dispute
 Liǔ tiáo Hú Shì jiàn the Mukden or Manchurian Railway Incident of 18th September 1931 used by the Japanese as a pretext to annex Manchuria / also known as 9-18 incident 九一八事變|九一八事变[Jiu3 Yi1 ba1 Shi4 bian4]
 chá shuǐ biǎo (Internet slang) (of the police) to ask to be let in on the pretext of checking the water meter / to barge into people's home on false pretences
尿 niào dùn (slang) pretext of needing to urinate (used to slip away to avoid having to do sth)
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