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学费 (學費)

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

学费 [xuéfèi]
  1. 1. tuition fee; tuition
    学费
    pay tuition
  2. 2. a price for what one has learned to one's cost

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

学费 [xuéfèi]
  1. 1. 学生按规定向学校缴纳的费用(不包括生活费)。
  2. 2. 学生学习期间所需的全部费用。
  3. 3. 比喻为得到某种经验而付出的代价
    吸取前人的经验教训就可以少交点学费

Examples

他省吃俭用,积攒学费
He economized on food and clothing to save for his tuition.
成绩好的学生可以减免学费
Students with high marks can enjoy a partial or total tuition waiver.
难道我们交学费不够吗? 应该有些长进了!
Surely we've paid dearly for our mistakes and should have learnt something from them!
她为了凑足自己下学期的学费,当起了报童。
In order to earn enough money for tuition of next term, he became a paper boy.
老王愁虑的是明年三个孩子的学费怎么办。
Lao Wang is worried about how he will get school tuition for his three children next year.
由于家里实在拿不出学费,他只好废学打工去了。
He had to quit school to work, as his family could not afford his tuition fees.
马上就要报名了,学费还没有凑够,小强火急火燎的四处借钱。
It's time to sign up for school soon, but Xiao Qiang still hasn't got enough tuition money, so he went to borrow money in a hurry.
他的儿子在一所私立学校就学,学费很贵。
His son studies in a very expensive private school.
她拼命地揽工是为了给家里的妹妹挣学费
She slaves away in order to pay her sister's tuition.

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