映衬 yìng chèn

to set off by contrast; antithesis

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 40878th word

Definitions

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

Characters

Character Meaning
映 yìng HSK 5
to reflect (light); to shine
衬 chèn HSK 3
to line; lining; to contrast with