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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
- 第二
[dì'èr]
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noun
second
Examples
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北京已经成了我的第二故乡。
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Beijing has become a second home to me.
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坐第二把交椅
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occupy the second highest post; be second in command
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跑第二
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run second
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他以四秒之差屈居第二。
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He was forced into second place by only four seconds.
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第一(第二)心音
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the first (second) heart sound
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这本书是残次品,本纪第二已经被人撕掉了。
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This book is incomplete, and the secondary one with its second primary chronicle ripped off by someone.
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他的第二职业为他赚取了不少外快。
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His second career has earned him a lot of extra money.
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第二职业
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second job
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他的第二任妻子
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his second wife
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甘居第二。
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nciku Note
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Ordinal numbers
The common way to show ordinal number is putting "第" dì front of the number, such as "第一" dìyī , "第二" dì'èr , "第一百" dìyībǎi . (1) 你是第一个完成任务的人。 (2) 这次考试成绩出来了,你是第二十五名。
e.g. (1)你是第一个完成任务的人。 (3)这次考试成绩出来了,你是第二十五名。
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