背

variant of 背[bei1]

to be burdened / to carry on the back or shoulder

the back of a body or object / to turn one's back / to hide something from / to learn by heart / to recite from memory / unlucky (slang) / hard of hearing

north / (classical) to be defeated

moon / month / monthly / CL:個|个[ge4],輪|轮[lun2]

the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth

back of the knife

arms around each other's shoulders (idiom)

(bird species of China) plain-backed thrush (Zoothera mollissima)

(lit.) chest sticking to back / (fig.) famished / (of several persons) packed chest to back

camisole (women's garment)

Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

Lunbei or Lunpei township in Yunlin county 雲林縣|云林县[Yun2 lin2 xian4], Taiwan

historical background

to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)

with one's hands behind one's back

erhua variant of 倒背手[dao4 bei4 shou3]