yìng chèn

Traditional: 映襯

映衬 (yìng chèn) is a Chinese word meaning “to set off by contrast; antithesis; analogy parallelism (linguistics)”.

Meanings

  1. 1to set off by contrast
  2. 2antithesis
  3. 3analogy parallelism (linguistics)

Characters in 映衬

映yìng · (bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)衬chèn · (of garments) against the skin

Related words

衬衫shirt衬衣shirt反映to mirror映(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)映old variant of 映[ying4]上映to screen; to show (a movie)放映to project (an image onto a screen); to show (a movie, slide etc)衬(of garments) against the skin首映式premiere of a movie首映to premiere (a movie or TV show)衬托to serve to highlight; to serve as a backdrop or contrasting element放映机projector

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