断背

Traditional: 斷背

duàn bèi

Dictionary entry

homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)

What does 断背 mean?

断背 (duàn bèi) has the following dictionary meaning.

1homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship)

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断duànto break · to snap 背bēivariant of 背[bei1]

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断背

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