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书挡

bookend

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

shu1dang3 • shūdǎng

Meaning

Primary

bookend

Alternatives

bookends, book stand, book end, bookstand

Mnemonic

A 书挡 bookend is placed at the end of a bunch of 书 books to 挡 block them from falling over.

Usage

我 需要 一 个 新 的 书挡。

I need a new bookend.

一 对 古老 的 书挡

a pair of old bookends

书架 上 没有 书挡。

The bookshelf has no bookends.