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Chinese
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advertising sign
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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simp. and trad. (幌子)
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幌
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子
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Pronunciation
Noun
幌子
- shop sign
- (specifically, literary) shop sign for a liquor-selling establishment
- (figurative) pretense; excuse
Synonyms
- (shop sign for a liquor-selling establishment):
- 事由 (shìyóu)
- 口實/口实 (kǒushí)
- 推頭/推头 (1the-deu) (Wu)
- 擋箭牌/挡箭牌 (dǎngjiànpái) (figurative)
- 由子 (yóuzi)
- 由頭/由头
- 盾牌 (dùnpái) (figurative)
- 藉口/借口 (jièkǒu)
- 託詞/托词 (tuōcí)
- 頭由/头由 (tóuyóu) (dialectal)
- 題目/题目 (tímù) (Classical Chinese)
Derived terms