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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

形容 [xíngróng]
  1. 1. verb describe

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

形容 [xíngróng]
  1. 1. [Literary] appearance; countenance
    形容枯槁
    look haggard
  2. 2. describe

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

形容 [xíngróng]
  1. 1. 名 [文] 模样;容貌
    形容枯槁。
  2. 2. 描绘;描述
    难以用语言形容

Examples

我们激动的心情难以用笔墨来形容
Words can hardly describe how excited we were.
当时的情景非言语所能形容
The occasion defies description.
难以形容
indescribable; beyond description
笔墨不能形容其万一。
It simply beggars description.
无法形容
beyond description
用笔底生花来形容他的写作一点都不夸张。
It is no exaggeration to say that his writings are both brilliant, and elegant.
唇齿相依是对我们关系的最好形容
Interdependence like between lips and teeth is the best description of our relationship.
还家旅途上,农民工的喜悦心情无法形容
On the journey home, the joy of the farm labourers was beyond description.
镵云(刺入云天,形容高)。

Collocations

形容憔悴
thin and pallid
形容枯槁
wan-looking
难以形容
to defy description
形容得恰当
an appropriate description
形容一下
to make a description
形容
adjective
准确地形容
to correctly describe
用语言来形容
to describe something using words

Word Decomposition


[xíng]
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[róng]

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