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扒带

Word · Verb · NounTraditional扒帶

pirate tapes; bootleg recordings

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Meanings

2 senses · 6 examples
1.

verb

to pirate; to bootleg; to make unauthorized copies of audio or video tapes

Commonly used in the context of analog media duplication; often implies illegal or unauthorized copying.

Nà那
shí时
hou候
hěn很
duō多
rén人
kào靠
bā扒
dài带
zhuàn赚
qián钱
 。

Back then, many people made money by pirating tapes.

Tā他
zài在
jiā家
lǐ里
bā扒
dài带
mài卖
gěi给
tóng同
xué学
 。

He bootlegged tapes at home and sold them to classmates.

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Zhè这
zhǒng种
xíng行
wéi为
qí其
shí实
jiù就
shì是
bā扒
dài带
zi子
 。

This kind of behavior is essentially tape piracy.

2.

noun

pirated tape; bootleg recording; unauthorized copy

Refers to the physical object that has been illegally duplicated.

Zhè这
xiē些
dōu都
shì是
bā扒
dài带
 ,
bù不
shì是
zhèng正
bǎn版
 。

These are all bootlegs, not genuine copies.

Tā他
zài在
dì地
tān摊
shàng上
mǎi买
le了
jǐ几
pán盘
bā扒
dài带
 。

He bought a few pirated tapes at the street stall.

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Zhè这
pán盘
bā扒
dài带
de的
yīn音
zhì质
hěn很
chà差
 。

The sound quality of this bootleg tape is very poor.