背景 bèijǐng background
background; backdrop; context; (figuratively) powerful backer
How to remember 背景: 背 back + 景 view = background.
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How it is used
- Background in every sense - a photo's backdrop 照片背景, one's origins 家庭背景 (jiātíng bèijǐng), and the context of an event 时代背景.
- Also 'a powerful backer / connections': 他很有背景 (tā hěn yǒu bèijǐng) he's well-connected.
- Wide-ranging noun spanning literal scenery and figurative context.
Example sentences
- 图片的背景是一座城堡。 Túpiàn de bèijǐng shì yīzuò chéngbǎo.There is a castle in the background of the picture.