Examples

把东西包起来

wrap things up → 包

你有什么东西要报关吗？

Have you got anything to declare? → 报关

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. → 本领

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. → 不拘形式

阁楼上可以藏好多东西。

We can store a lot of things in the attic. → 藏

这间屋子太小，盛不了这么多东西。

The room is too small to hold all these things. → 盛

机械地搬用外国的东西是要吃大亏的。

Mechanical copying of things foreign would be disastrous. → 吃亏

他在暗中摸索着，忽然触动了什么东西。

Groping in the dark, he suddenly touched something. → 触动

拿错东西

take sth. by mistake → 错

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. → 搭讪

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