搭膊

dābó
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 shoulder bag
  2. 2 long pouch slung over the shoulder

Examples

Tā jiān shàng kuàzhe yí ge bù dābó.
He had a cloth shoulder pouch slung over his shoulder.
Jiùshí shāngfàn cháng yòng dābó zhuāng qián.
In the old days, peddlers often used a shoulder pouch to carry money.

Tips

culture
An older term — historically a long cloth strip with pockets at both ends, draped over the shoulder. Often appears in classical novels and old vernacular fiction; modern Chinese usually says (kuàbāo) or 单肩包 (dānjiānbāo).

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