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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

零碎 [língsuì]
  1. 1. adjective trivial
  2. 2. noun [pl] odds and ends

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

零碎 [língsuì]
  1. 1. scrappy; fragmentary; piecemeal
    零碎活儿
    odd jobs
    这些零碎东西很占地方。
    These odds and ends take up a lot of space.
  2. 2. odds and ends; oddments; bits and pieces
    她正在拾掇零碎儿。
    She is tidying up the odds and ends.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

零碎 [língsuì]
  1. 1. 零散细碎
    零碎时间
    零碎碎的事儿。
  2. 2. 零碎的东西
    到集市上买了点零碎儿。
  3. 3. 跟"零星""零散"不同。"零碎"有名词用法,指小件杂物;"零碎"①强调不完整。"零星"强调数量少。"零散"强调分散的状态。

Examples

她把零碎花布拼凑起来,给小闺女做了一件褂子。
She pieced together odds and ends of coloured cloth and made a jacket for her little girl.
我把零碎东西塞进了抽屉。
I stuffed the bits and pieces into the drawer.
零碎
odds and ends
零碎杂物,残余
odds and ends
[inf] 零碎的东西
The furniture in the house seem to be made from scrap lumber.
房子里的家具好像是用零碎木料做成的。
He began selling odds and ends when he was just eight years old.
他在八岁的时候就开始卖些零碎东西。

Collocations

零碎
small change
零碎时间
spare time
十分零碎
very odd pieces
显得零碎
trivial
东西零碎
odd things
收拾零碎
to tidy up odd pieces
一堆零碎
a heap of odd pieces
零碎
small odd pieces

Word Decomposition


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