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说成是 (說成是)
  • [shuōchéngshì]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

说成是 [shuōchéngshì]
  1. 1. verb call

Examples

他想说“小题大做”,说拧了,说成“大题小做”。
He meant to say "make a mountain out of a molehill," but he got it the wrong way round and said "make a molehill out of a mountain".
我们的方言把“一座山”说成“一架山”。
成山岬(在山东,也说成山角)。
把"事半功倍"说成"事倍功半",满拧!
他演得真好,表情是表情,身段是身段,做功是做功。
He is a marvellous actor; his facial expressions, bodily movements and gesticulations are all the best that can be expected
他们俩是双胞胎,一般人可分不出谁是哥哥谁是弟弟。 他们
一后面是三, 三后面是五, 以此类推, 九后面应该是几?
Three comes after one, five comes after three, and so on, what's after nine? 以此类推
像片上左边是我,右边是哥哥,中间是爸爸。 中间
我知道你是个老实人,你是安分守己的。
I know you are an honest man, content with your lot and not causing any trouble. 安分守己
我道是老周呢,原来是你。
So it's you! I thought it was Lao Zhou.

Word Decomposition


[shuō]
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[chéng]
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[shì]

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