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冷 |
cold |
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一样冷 |
equally cold |
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跟今天一样冷 |
as cold as today |
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明天会跟今天一样冷 |
tomorrow it will be as cold as today. |
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听说明天会跟今天一样冷。 |
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下xuě |
it snows |
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每天都下xuě |
it snows every day |
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这个星期每天都下xuě。 |
This week it is snowing every day. |
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热 |
hot |
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又mēn又热 |
both humid and hot |
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夏天又mēn又热。 |
It is both humid and hot in the summer |
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早 |
early |
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yuè来yuè早 |
earlier and earlier |
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热得yuè来yuè早 |
it gets hot earlier and earlier |
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夏天热得yuè来yuè早 |
it gets hot in the summer earlier and earlier |
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北京的夏天热得yuè来yuè早 |
Beijing summers get hot earlier and earlier |
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最近几年北京的夏天热得yuè来yuè早。 |
Recently, Beijing summers have gotten hot earlier and earlier. |
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fēng |
wind |
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guā fēng |
windy |
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guā 大 fēng |
very windy |
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常常guā大fēng |
it is often very windy |
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chūn天常常guā大fēng |
it is often very windy in the spring |
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北京chūn天常常guā大fēng。 |
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dù |
degree |
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四dù |
four degrees |
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零下三、四dù |
three or four degrees below zero |
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只有零下三、四dù |
it’s only 3 or 4 degrees below zero |
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wēndù只有零下三、四dù |
the temperature is only 3 or 4 degrees below zero |
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最高wēndù只有零下三、四dù。 |
The highest temperature is only 3 or 4 degrees below zero. |
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shòu不了 |
can’t stand it |
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我快shòu不了了。 |
I just about can’t stand it. |
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不是很好吗 |
isn’t it good? |
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下xuě不是很好吗？ |
Isn’t snow good? |
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很脏 |
very dirty |
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路上很脏 |
the roads are very dirty |
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下xuě以后，路上很脏。 |
After it snows, the roads are very dirty. |
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变好 |
become good |
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天气会变好 |
the weather will turn good |
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后天的天气会变好 |
the day after tomorrow the weather will turn good |
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天气yùbào说后天的天气会变好。 |
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qíng |
clear |
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zhuǎn qíng |
turn clear |
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多yún zhuǎn qíng |
cloudy turning clear |
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天气会变好，多yún zhuǎn qíng。 |
The weather will improve, cloudy turning clear. |
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四jì如chūn |
like spring all year |
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那里的天气，四jì如chūn。 |
The weather there, it’s like spring all year. |
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一样 |
the same |
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天气都一样 |
the weather is all the same |
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一年四个jìjié的天气都一样 。 |
The weather is the same all four seasons of the year. |
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都有 |
have them all |
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chūn夏qiū dōng都有 |
has spring, summer, fall, and winter |
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一年有四jì，chūn夏qiū dōng都有。 |
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天气好 |
the weather is good |
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北京的天气好 |
Beijing’s weather is good |
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比北京的天气好 |
better than Beijing’s weather |
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我家xiāng的天气比北京的天气好。 |
The weather in my home town is better than Beijing’s weather. |
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关系 |
connection |
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有关系 |
has a connection |
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跟全球nuǎn化有关系 |
is related to global warming |
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这跟全球nuǎn化有关系。 |
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话题 |
discussion topic |
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zhí得关心的话题 |
discussion topic worth caring about |
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一个zhí得关心的话题 |
a discussion topic worth caring about |
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这是一个zhí得关心的话题。 |
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穿什么衣服 |
wear what clothing |
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管我穿什么衣服 |
care about what clothing I wear |
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为什么要管我穿什么衣服 |
why care about what clothing I wear |
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衣服 |
clothing |
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穿衣服 |
wear clothing |
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多穿些衣服 |
wear more clothing |
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让你多穿些衣服 |
make you put on more clothing |
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老师 pà你生病，所以让你多穿些衣服。 |
The teacher is afraid you will become sick so (s/he) makes you put on more clothing. |
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自己 |
self |
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照gù自己 |
take care of (my) self |
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不会照gù自己吗？ |
unable to take care of (my) self? |
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难道我还不会照gù自己吗？ |
Do you mean to say I am still unable to take care of myself? |
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我已经二十多岁了，难道我还不会照gù自己吗？ |
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学习 |
study |
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学生的学习 |
students’ studies |
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老师关心学生的学习。 |
Teachers are concerned about students’ studies. |
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不同 |
difference; not the same |
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中外文化的不同 |
a difference between Chinese and foreign cultures |
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这可能是中外文化的不同。 |
This is perhaps a difference between Chinese culture and foreign cultures. |
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