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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[yú]
  1. 1. preposition [在] in
    这位老人生1899年。
    This old man was born in 1899.
    暑期班已昨日开课。
    The summer-holiday class began lessons yesterday.
  2. 2. preposition [向] from
    问道
    ask the way from a blind person
    求助朋友
    ask for help from friends
  3. 3. preposition [对] to
    印刷术的发明人类非常有益。
    The invention of printing was of great benefit to humanity.
  4. 4. preposition [从] from
    很多成语来源历史故事。
    Many Chinese idioms originate from historical stories.
  5. 5. preposition [比] than
    bigger than
  6. 6. preposition [在…方面]
    助人
    delight in helping people
    我从早到晚都忙家务。
    I'm busy with household chores from morning till night.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[yú]
  1. 1. preposition (indicating time or place) in; on; at
    来信十五日收到。
    Your letter was received on the 15th.
    此项工程将三年内完成。
    This engineering project is to be completed within three years.
    你必须月底前完成任务。
    我将20号到北京。
  2. 2. preposition indicating direction
    求助
    ask people for help
    热衷集邮
    be keen on stamp collecting
    不要把责任归咎别人。
    她是个乐助人的孩子。
  3. 3. preposition indicating giving or yielding to somebody
    腐朽的势力让位新生的势力。
    Decaying forces give way to new rising forces.
  4. 4. preposition with regard to; concerning; to
    有利提高产量
    be conducive to higher yields
    这样你自己不利。
    It won't do you any good.
    操之过急,事无补。
    It would be of no avail to act with undue haste.
    反思有助你更好地认识自己。
    理,你这样做都说不过去啊。
    此事之我,是非常重要的。
  5. 5. preposition (indicating beginning or origin) from
    黄河发源青海。
    The Yellow River rises in Qinghai Province.
    认识来源实践。
    Knowledge comes from practice.
    这篇小说的灵感来源他的亲身经历。
    这个政客发迹投机。
  6. 6. preposition indicating comparison
    不少五千人
    no less than 5000 people
    友谊贵黄金。
    Friendship is more precious than gold.
    金星略小地球。
    Venus is a little smaller than the Earth.
    结果远远好我们的预想。
    三大二。
    他的小说好小王的。
    事实证明她还是强他。
  7. 7. preposition (indicating the doer of an action) by
    主队败客队。
    The home team was defeated by the visiting team.
    见笑
    be laughed at (by others)
    这样的理论会见笑大方之家的。
    怎样才能立不败之地呢?

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[yú]
  1. 1. 引进处所、范围或时间,相当"在"
    自立世界民族之林。
    受命危难之中。
    鲁迅1936年逝世。
  2. 2. 引进对象,相当"向""对""给"
    求助大家。
    吸烟健康有害。
    嫁祸人。
  3. 3. 引进来源、起点,相当"从""自"
    毕业著名大学。
    青出蓝。
    黄河发源青海。
  4. 4. 引进行为的主动者
    学生队败教工队。
    条件。
  5. 5. 引进方向、目标
    气候趋寒冷。
    工程接近完成。
    献身科学。
  6. 6. 引进方面、原因、目的
    自我批评。
    便统计。
    助人。
  7. 7. 引进比较的对象
    鸿毛。
    一切。
  8. 8. E参见"於(yū)"的提示。

Examples

与其补救已然,不如防患未然。
To forestall is better than to amend. or Prevention is better than cure. 已然
《礼记·檀弓》:“畴昔之夜, 梦坐奠两楹之间”。
Liji·Tangong writes "The other night, I dreamed that I was sitting between the two principle columns of a hall".
梨园戏是非常古老的一个剧种, 它孕育福建泉州, 流布泉州、漳州和厦门三角地带。
Liyuan Opera is a very old type of drama. It was nurtured in Quanzhou, Fujian Province and spreaded in the triangular areas of Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, and Xiamen. 梨园戏
适合她的情况不一定都会适合你, 你看问题不要太模式化了。
What suits her may not suit you. You should not standardize things. 模式化
这种习俗起源唐代,一说起源宋代。
如果不分青红皂白,一概拒绝向外国学习,就只能使中国永远处落后地位。
If we indiscriminately refused to learn anything from foreign countries, China would remain backward forever. 不分青红皂白
不甘心自己的失败
will not take one's defeat lying down 不甘心
展出的新产品不下二百种。
There are as many as 200 new products on show. 不下于
这个街道小厂的产品,质量不下一些国营大厂。
The products of this small neighbourhood factory are as good as those turned out by some large state-run plants. 不下于
沉湎
be given to heavy drinking 沉湎

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Prepositions as introducers of objects

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A preposition is used before an object, noun, pronoun or a phrase, to form a phrase that describes a place, position, direction, method, time, object, aim, or the passive voice. Prepositional phrases can be used as adverbial adjuncts, objects, attributives or compliments. “对”,“对于”,“关于”,“至于”,“和”,“跟”,“同”,“与”,“为”,“给”,“替”,“于”,“把”,“将”,“叫”,“让”,“被”,“比”,“朝”,“向” can be used as prepositions to introduce the recipients - objects - of an action. “被” may be used to introduce the doers of an action.

e.g. (1)他对我很好。 (2)对于你来说,这只是一场游戏。 (3)至于故事的结局,我早就忘记了。 (4)我和(跟,同,与)他同桌三年了。 (5)我为你准备了一份礼物。 (6)我给你准备了一份礼物。 (7)我替他向你问好。 (8)技术应该服务于生产。 (9)我把自行车修好了。 (10)我将自行车修好了。 (11)叫(让)过来一下。 (12)你的自行车被我修好了。 (13)你比他高。 (14)他朝(向)终点冲了过去。

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