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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[ér]
  1. 1. conjunction [并且] and
    美丽聪明
    beautiful and clever
    抽烟有其害无其利。
    Smoking does nothing but harm.
  2. 2. conjunction [但是] but
    这种香水的香味儿浓不劣。
    This perfume is strong but the smell is not overpowering.
  3. 3. conjunction [连接状语和动词]
    夺门
    force the door and rush out
  4. 4. conjunction [如果] if
    想成功不努力,那是痴心妄想。
    It's just wishful thinking to imagine that you can be successful without putting in the work.
  5. 5. conjunction [到] to
    由始
    from start to finish

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary (1 result)

[ér]
  1. 1. else
  2. 2. rather; when

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary (1 result)

[ér]
  1. 1. 连接形容词、动词或词组、分句等,所连接的前后两项之间可以有多种语义关系a)表示并列或递进关系
    年轻漂亮又有才华
  2. 2. b)表示承接关系
    代之
    成绩是优异的,优异的成绩是汗水浇灌出来的
  3. 3. c)表示转折关系,相当于"却""但是"
    热烈镇定
    费力大收效小
    雨下得很大,老李还是按时来了
  4. 4. 用在意思上相对立的主语和谓语中间,表示语气的转折,相当于"如果""却"
    人民公仆不为人民服务,必将为人民所抛弃
  5. 5. 连接状语和中心词,前项表示后项的目的、原因、依据、方式、状态等
    为正义
    因下雨延期
    凭个人兴趣
    飘然
    侃侃
  6. 6. 连接词或词组,表示由一种状态过渡到另一种状态,有"到"的意思
    再,再
    由远
    自东西
    由童年少年、壮年
  7. 7. 不读ěr

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面对日益变换的社会环境,我们不应该抱怨自己的时运不济,是应该识时务,后应时动。
Faced with the ever-changing society, we should rather make good judgment about current affairs and take corresponding actions than complain about bad luck.
对于邪恶势力我们不应重足立,是要奋起抗争。
We shouldn’t cower when confronted by evil forces, we should rise and fight them.
时序循环自有定律,我们也应该应时动,随季节变化调整自己的生活起居。
There are rules for the alternation of seasons, and we should adjust our living habits according to them.
他们就像多年未见的老朋友一样,席地坐,侃侃谈。
They sat on the ground, and chatted like old friends who haven't seen each other for a long time.
乡人们至今保留着日出作、日落息的习惯。
The village people still live a traditional life, going out to work at sunrise and going back home at sunset.
朱槿日出开,日落谢。
Chinese Hibiscus blossoms when the sun rises and withers when the sun goes down.
远处的灯光忽明,忽暗。
The lights in the distance flickered on and off.
他精神失常了,时大哭,时大笑。
He's psychologically unbalanced – one moment he's in floods of tears, the next he's laughing uncontrollably.
他衔恨逝。
人都是首先学会走,进学会跑。

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