Examples (1-20 of 21)

一后面是三, 三后面是五, 以此类推, 九后面应该是几？

Three comes after one, five comes after three, and so on, what's after nine? → 以此类推

二除六得三。

2 goes into 6 three times. → 除

他再三告诫自己，不要轻举妄动。

Again and again, he cautioned himself against rashness. → 告诫

衣裳已经洗了三和。

The clothes have been rinsed three times. → 和

估计得走那么三、四个钟头才能到。

I think it will take three or four hours to get there. → 那么

二(三，四)拍子

duple (triple, quadruple) time → 拍子

三的平方是九。

The square of 3 is 9. → 平方

她是拿定了主意“不干己事不张口，一问摇头三不知”。

She's made up her mind not to open her mouth about matters that don't concern her, but to shake her head in answer to all questions. → 一问三不知

三尖瓣

tricuspid valve → 瓣

他再三央求老大放他一马。 → 央求

他一问三不知，简直就像个傻瓜。 → 一问三不知

典型环境是小说的三要素之一。 → 典型

他买了三和药。 → 和

亏他还学了这么久，一问三不知。 → 亏

三的立方是二十七。 → 立方

他再三催询, 事情还是没有进展。

Despite his repeated urging and inquiries, there is still little progress in the matter. → 催询

最近遭遇三连败, 球队的士气大受挫损。

Recently, with three defeats in succession, the morale of the team has fallen greatly. → 挫损

老师说, 没有夯实的基础就不能举一反三。

The teacher said that we can not learn through analogy, unless we have a solid foundation. → 夯实

在这块硗瘠的土地上, 住着三两户人家。

Two or three families live on the barren land. → 硗瘠

我们阅读文章要去芜存菁, 举一反三。

We need to discard the dross and keep the essential parts of a book, and to draw inferences by analogy when we are reading it. → 去芜存菁