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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

赞美 [zànměi]
  1. 1. verb praise

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

赞美 [zànměi]
  1. 1. praise; eulogize; compliment
    他的大公无私受到人们的赞美
    He was praised for his selflessness.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

赞美 [zànměi]
  1. 1. 颂扬;夸奖。

Examples

小张听到几句赞美他的话就晕乎了,忘乎所以。
After hearing the praise, Xiaozhang felt dizzy and lost his head in a moment of excitement.
to bless the lord
赞美上帝
to pay sb a compliment
赞美某人
to compliment sb on sth
为某事赞美某人
to compliment sb for doing sth
因为做某事赞美某人
Menkind and womenkind both like praises.
男人与女人都喜欢被赞美
The mountain was hymned by the ancient Greeks for its mystic beauty.
古代的希腊人唱圣歌赞美这座山的神秘美景。
A bunch of flowers will always get you in her good books.
一束鲜花会经常得到她的赞美
The appreciation of fine wine and that of fine intellectual distinctions often go together.
对美酒的赞美和良好的分辨力总是相配的。

Collocations

赞美祖国
to praise one's motherland
值得赞美
to worth praising
大加赞美
to praise
赞美之词
praise; compliments
由衷地赞美
to sincerely praise

Word Decomposition


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nciku Note

称赞 and 赞美

称赞 and 赞美
chēngzàn and zànměi

Both words mean "to give praise using spoken language and written words." 称赞 can be used to commend ordinary good points or advantages, while 赞美 is used with more outstanding persons or things and is more formal.
(1) 老师称赞他学习刻苦。
(2) 妈妈称赞他能干。

When sentences are used to convey both important and trivial things, both words can be used.
(3) 这幅画得到了很多人的赞美称赞)。
(4) 大家都称赞赞美)他的机智勇敢。

When sentences are used to convey important things, 赞美 is used.
(5) 他写了一篇文章来赞美祖国的大好河山。

这两个词都表示用语言、文字夸奖。“称赞”可用于一般的好处或优点,“赞美”用于较突出的人或事物,也更书面化。
当句子所指可大可小时,两个词都可以用。
当指较大的事时,应用“赞美”。

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