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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 说成是
[shuōchéngshì]
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1.
verb
call
Examples
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他想说“小题大做”,说拧了,说成“大题小做”。
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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".
→ 拧
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我们的方言把“一座山”说成“一架山”。
→ 架
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成山岬(在山东,也说成山角)。
→ 岬
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把"事半功倍"说成"事倍功半",满拧!
→ 拧
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他演得真好,表情是表情,身段是身段,做功是做功。
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He is a marvellous actor; his facial expressions, bodily movements and gesticulations are all the best that can be expected
→ 是
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他们俩是双胞胎,一般人可分不出谁是哥哥谁是弟弟。
→ 他们
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一后面是三, 三后面是五, 以此类推, 九后面应该是几?
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Three comes after one, five comes after three, and so on, what's after nine?
→ 以此类推
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像片上左边是我,右边是哥哥,中间是爸爸。
→ 中间
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我知道你是个老实人,你是安分守己的。
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I know you are an honest man, content with your lot and not causing any trouble.
→ 安分守己
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我道是老周呢,原来是你。
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So it's you! I thought it was Lao Zhou.
→ 道
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Word Decomposition
说
[shuō]
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成
[chéng]
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是
[shì]
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