Examples

把东西包起来

wrap things up

你有什么东西要报关吗？

Have you got anything to declare?

凡是他要的东西他都有本领弄到手。

He is resourceful enough to get whatever he is after.

请你给墙报写些东西。不拘形式，文章、诗，都可以。

Please write something for the wall newspaper. Any form will do—poetry or prose.

阁楼上可以藏好多东西。

We can store a lot of things in the attic.

这间屋子太小，盛不了这么多东西。

The room is too small to hold all these things.

机械地搬用外国的东西是要吃大亏的。

Mechanical copying of things foreign would be disastrous.

他在暗中摸索着，忽然触动了什么东西。

Groping in the dark, he suddenly touched something.

拿错东西

take sth. by mistake

他总是一边卖东西一边和顾客搭讪。

While doing business, he would strike up a conversation with his customers.

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