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垫背

diàn bèi

2-character word Traditional 墊背

What 垫背 means

to serve as a sacrificial victim
to suffer for sb else
scapegoat
to share sb's fate

The characters in 垫背

垫diànpad; cushion; mat
背bèithe back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from

Sounds the same

Read diàn bèi, tone for tone, but written differently.

垫被mattress

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