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背后

bèi hòu · bei hou

Traditional 背後

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在(zài)背(bèi)后(hòu)说(shuō)别(bié)人(rén)坏(huài)话(huà)不(bú)是(shì)大(dà)丈(zhàng)夫(fu)所(suǒ)为(wéi)。

It is not manly to speak ill of others behind their backs.

他(tā)站(zhàn)在(zài)门(mén)口(kǒu)，背(bèi)后(hòu)是(shì)一(yí)片(piàn)绿(lǜ)色(sè)的(de)田(tián)野(yě)。

He stood at the doorway, with a stretch of green fields behind him.

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to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder

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