受气包 (shòu qì bāo) — (colloquial) scapegoat; whipping boy; person wh…

Definition

A 'punching bag' — the person others unload their bad temper or blame onto. Implies habitual, one-sided mistreatment, not just a single incident.

noun

(colloquial) scapegoatwhipping boyperson who always gets the blame or abuse

Measure word · 个

，受气包，。
Zài gōng sī lǐ, tā jiǎn zhí shì dà jiā de shòu qì bāo, shén me cuò dōu tuī gěi tā.
In the company, he is practically everyone's scapegoat; every mistake is pushed onto him.
受气包，。
Dì di zǒng shì jiā lǐ de shòu qì bāo, mā ma zhī mà tā yí gè rén.
The younger brother is always the family's scapegoat; Mom only scolds him.
，受气包，。
Tā yīn wèi tài ruǎn ruò, chéng le bān shàng de shòu qì bāo, shén me huài shì dōu guài dào tā tóu shàng.
Because he is too weak, he became the class's scapegoat; every bad thing is blamed on him.

Derived word

构词法gòucífǎ

后缀hòuzhuìSuffix

A fixed syllable at the end that turns the word into a noun, a person, a place or the like.

受气take anger

动宾Verb + object

受 supplies taking, 气 supplies anger, and 包 supplies a person, so it means one who always takes anger.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

受 possibly combines 爪 and 又 as hands with 舟 as a boat, to show handing something over.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 氣; 气 is its simplified writing.

气米氣

Meaning part形符xíngfú

米米mǐrice

Sound part声符shēngfú

气

Same sound today

The traditional form 氣 pairs 米 (rice) with 气, which supplies the sound; the simplified 气 is a later abbreviation.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 包 pictures a fetus in a womb, or a baby wrapped in cloth.