Chinese to English Dictionary (1-5 of 18)
- 非得
- [fēiděi]
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(followed by 不 or 才) have got to; must
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- 相知恨晚
- [xiāngzhīhènwǎn]
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regret that one has not got to know somebody sooner
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- 有了
- [yǒule]
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(said when hitting upon an idea) I've got it.
- 2. be pregnant
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- 节妇(節婦)
- [jiéfù]
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A woman who never got married to other man after her husband died in ancient times.
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- 旧雨(舊雨)
- [jiùyǔ]
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As Dufu's "Autumn in Tang Dynasty" records: "since I got sick, I have been laying in bed for a long time. It rains frequently……My old friends often came to see me in the past, though it was raining all the time; but now, it is raining again, where are they?" It means that Dufu's friends often came to see him in the past even on rainy days, but now they don't come again. "Old rain" then came to mean old friend .
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Examples (1-5 of 492)
- 线结成了疙瘩。
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The thread has got tangled (or got into a knot).
- 他离得太近，袖子上蹭到了油漆。
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He got too close to the wet paint and got his sleeve smeared.
- 挨了一记耳光
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got a box on the ear
- 他挨了骂不算，还挨了一顿打。
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On top of a tongue-lashing, he got a beating as well.
- 她拿着那副耳环爱不释手。
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The moment she got hold of those earrings, she took a fancy to them and wouldn't let go of them.
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