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尔 (爾, 尒)

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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

尔 [ěr]
  1. 1. pronoun [你] you
    非尔之过。
    It's not your fault.
  2. 2. pronoun [这样] so
    果尔
    if so
  3. 3. pronoun [那] that
    尔日
    on that day
    尔时
    at that time

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

尔 [ěr]
  1. 1. pronoun [literary expression] thou; you
    非尔之过。
    It's not your fault. or You are not to blame.
    尔等休得猖狂！
  2. 2. pronoun [literary expression] like that; so
    果尔
    if so
    他说自己百发百中，我到猎场一看，果尔。
  3. 3. pronoun [literary expression] that
    尔日
    that day
    尔时
    at that time
    尔日，他的梦想成真了。
    尔时，我们会在另一个时空相遇。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

尔 [ěr]
  1. 1. 代 这;那
    尔时
    尔后
  2. 2. 代 你;你的
    尔等
    尔虞我诈
    尔母
  3. 3. 代 这样
    问君何能尔
  4. 4. 词的后缀附在某些副词或形容词后面
    俶尔(忽然)
    遽尔(突然)
    率尔(轻率地)
  5. 5. 助 表示限止的语气,相当于"而已""罢了"
    无他,但手熟尔
See more results for 尔 in the English-Chinese Dictionary

Examples

不可率尔应战。
We should not rashly accept battle. → 率尔
《戏为六绝句》（杜甫）：“尔曹身与名俱灭, 不废江河万古流”。
In A Playful Quatrain, Du Fu wrote, "Even if your bodies and names should perish, the flowing of the rivers will not stop. → 尔曹
尔德节是穆斯林的盛大节日。
The ’Id al-Fitr is a great festival of Muslim people. → 尔德节
尔有母遗(ｗèｉ),繄我独无。 → 噫
尔曹身与名俱灭,不废江河万古流。 → 尔曹

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