Definition & Meaning

1.electric (light) bulb, usually shaped like a pear

2.fifth wheel; gooseberry; unwanted third person accompanying a courting couple

diàn dēng pào

电 灯 泡

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n.electric (light) bulb, usually shaped like a pear
- gēng huàn diàn dēng pào
  更换电灯泡
  change a bulb
- xuán shang diàn dēng pào
  旋上电灯泡
  screw a bulb
- èr shí zhī guāng diàn dēng pào
  二十支光电灯泡
  twenty-watt bulb
synonym
bái chì dēng白炽灯
2
n.infmlmetafifth wheel; gooseberry; unwanted third person accompanying a courting couple
- wǒ kě bù xiǎng zuò diàn dēng pào
  我可不想做电灯泡。
  I don't want to play gooseberry.

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