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dǎng
jiàn
pái

pretext


jiě
shì

dǎng
jiàn
pái
jìu
shì
dùn
pái

dāng

zhǒng
dōng

西
bèi
yòng
lái
zuò
wèi
jiè
kǒu

tā
jìu
shì
dǎng
jiàn
pái

dāng

gè
rén
bèi
yòng
lái
zhē
hù
bié
rén

zhè
gè
rén
yě
jìu
chéng
le
dǎng
jiàn
pái


Explanation: When something is taken as a pretext, you can call it a shield; similarly, when somebody was used as a protector, you can also call the person a shield.









tài
máng
le

shì

gè
hěn
hǎo
de
dǎng
jiàn
pái


Ex.:“Too busy” is a good excuse.

dǎo
huǒ
xiàn
线

fuse


jiě
shì

bào
zhá
wù
de
yǐn
xiàn
线


yù
yǐn
fā
shì
jiàn
de
shì
jiàn


Explanation: Blasting fuse is often used as a metaphor for a small incident that touches off a bug one.








lǎo
xiè
fū
fù
chǎo
jià
le

ér

de
chéng

bù
hǎo
shì
dǎo
huǒ
xiàn
线

shí

shàng
shì
yīn
wèi
tā
men
liǎng
duì
shàn
yǎng
lǎo
rén
zài
kàn
fǎ
shàng
yǒu
fēn



Ex.:Their son's poor score started a bitter quarrel between the old couple of Xie; but actually the real reason behind is that they can’t agree with each other on supporting their old parents

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