Questions tagged [meaning]
Questions about understanding the meaning of words, phrases, etc. For in-context meaning, use [meaning-in-context].
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在《恰似你的溫柔》這首歌歌詞裡面，什麼是「浪花的手」？
歌詞
但願那海風再起
只為那浪花的手
恰似你的溫柔
什麼是「浪花的手」？
我有初步研究過，似是指 海風 ，是只是為了掀起浪花的手，這海風，恰似是你的溫柔。但網上搜查，卻說浪花，恰似是你的溫柔。到底是海風還是浪花，並且加上「浪花的手」，是否有比較確切的意思？
The question in English is, what is "wave / tide bubble hand&...
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除了你我谁都不相信 or 除了你我谁也不相信 which is correct 都 or 也?
I read that when we have two different meanings in a sentence with 除了we should use 都 and not 也(还)。 So from the two sentences above correct is like this
除了你我谁都不相信 means I believe only you
除了你我谁也(还)相信 ...
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Does 纬哲/纬喆 mean 'threads of wisdom', 'weaving widsom' or something similar?
纬 seems to mean latitude or weft/woof but I am not sure if it would work in this way with the second meaning
As an additional question, would 炜喆 mean brilliant wisdom? Is the character 炜 a character ...
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What's the difference between 穿 and 穿出？
I think I understand the difference, but I know that 穿 is passes through something (one of the meanings), but 穿出 is also..I saw the sentence: 看到喜欢的都想把它穿出来 (this is a phrase from a video where a girl ...
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外卖 - Does this read as ( Take Away ) in regards to a meal?
I am trying to find symbols for a restaurant that does Asian Takeaway food.
I want to know if this is the correct way to write "TAKEAWAY"
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Can somebody please help me to parse the phrase, '挑起满满的一担...'?
Google translates, '挑起满满的一担粮食' [tiǎoqǐ mǎnmǎn de yī dān liángshi] as, '...pick up a full load of...', but when I attempt to translate this phrase manually, using the pinyin given in the source ...
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What's the meaning of this sentence 一会儿妈又该生气了?
isn't 又 used in the past tense? I can't understand the meaning here 该，了，又. I found two more sentences that are unclear to me: 1)
她是不是又在发神经了
2) 她又发神经了 which shows 在 in the first sentence ？
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Is 里 only very rarely used to mean "lining"?
I am forwarding on my lexicon for the main Chinese characters, and I only have a few words to give a meaning.
Many dictionaries give the meaning of " lining " for 里, the interior layer of ...
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Is Wiktionary right that 女奴 meant "cat" in the distant past?
Wiktionary for 女奴:
(archaic) cat
I tried looking up it up in other dictionaries, but it's so old that I can't find any other dictionaries that list it?
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What's the difference between 不能，买不到，不用？
Recently i saw such sentences as "火车站的东西真不能买” and " 以后的事，以后再说；而不能肯定的事不要说” 。 I know that 能 means " be able to... " but I'm confused in these sentences . Can you explain its meaning ...
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Is there any difference between `你在哪？`, `你在哪儿？` and `你在哪里？`
Is there any difference between 你在哪?, 你在哪儿? and 你在哪里??
Because I feel like you can use any of these sentences at any time to ask: Where are you?
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What's difference between 受到 and 受？
I find it very difficult to understand the difference between them . For example in this sentence: 网上购物能够受到人们的喜爱。
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What does "绝地" mean?
I am reading a novel and I have encountered this word "绝地", I thought the author made a mistake at first and meant "觉得" but I have been seeing "绝地" pop up more and more ...
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What is the chinese kanji for yin-hoa?
What is the kanji for yin-hoa (all the colors of the rainbow) and its prononciation ?
It is used as a name for a person.
And what would be a more complete or alternative meaning of it ? and its origin ...
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What exactly is a 祝版, and how is it used in ceremonies?
In the chengyu story behind 入木三分 (rù mù sān fēn), the emperor has a 祝版 created for a ceremony in which he makes sacrifices to his ancestors. I did some initial searches and found that a 祝版 is wooden ...
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得 in sentence 没有工作的那段时间，我穷得一天只吃得起一顿饭。
Can someone explain how I can translate the second part of the sentence? I don't understand the meaning of 得 and 得起。 Thank you。
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What's on this pendant?
I've ordered this item on famous chinese marketplace and now wondering what it actually means :) seller describe these characters as a 'mantra'.
Google Translate and Papago extracted characters in ...
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Writer looking for Chinese name for a character
I'm writing a novel and I have a character that is of Chinese descent. The story takes place centuries into the future on another planet with only a handful (few several thousand) humans left. Of ...
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What is a meaning of 一口 in 他会说一口标准的英语?
他会说一口标准的英语
He can speak standard English.
So I think that 一口 can be omitted and still the sentence can make sense.
How actually 一口 work in this sentence?
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For a consensuel translation of the character 当
I'm working on a lexicon for the main Chinese characters, and I only have a few words to give a meaning. I stumble on this particular character used in the first tone, and the least I can say is that ...
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Please Help Translate Seal Script on Old stone carving , Thank you
Hello, Any help to translate would be appreciated , I have a very old stone carving and I think it relates to maybe a marraige . But I would love to know the words , Thanks ahead for any help.
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What's the difference between 才 and 就？
I know one stands for "slow than expected" and the other for turnover "earlier". In some cases, I cannot explain to myself their position in sentences. Can you explain to me in ...
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Caligraphy meaning
I’m a french man who bought a nice chinese caligraphy years ago.
Unfortunately I’m not able to understand it and don’t even know which direction I should display
Can anyone help me?
What is the ...
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What role does 一种 have in 一种似曾相识的感觉?
In 一种似曾相识的感觉, 一种 does not mean “one type of”. Removing 一种 does not seem to change anything. Comparing the following, I can’t tell any difference.
这是我第一次来苏州，却有一种似曾相识的感觉。
这是我第一次来苏州，却有似曾相识的感觉。
So what ...
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What is the difference between 把握and 掌握in Chinese
In college we were asked that questions and I couldn't get any answers till now
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How to literally translate this: 小人书，是一种以书的形式出版的连环画?
小人书，是一种以书的形式出版的连环画。
This is the initial sentence of the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 20. Please help me make the literal translation of it.
小人书(comic)，是(is)一种(a kind of)以(?)书(book)的形式(form)出版(...
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Historical background in 《亮剑》 relating to organization of National Revolutionary Army
I am trying to understand the exact meaning of the military terms used in the text at the very beginning of the first episode of the show 亮剑 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WAnpfEbR5s), and in ...
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What is the meaning of 人们不是常说吗?
如今，美食家们对吃提出了更高的要求。他们不仅要观色、闻香、尝味、赏形，而且还要求食物具有养生方面的特色。我想，家乡的萝卜饼完全具备这几个方面的条件，人们不是常说吗——“鱼生火，肉生痰，青菜萝卜保平安”，养生的功能，让我更加喜爱它了。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, section 19.
What is the meaning of ...
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What is the meaning of 方面的特色 in 而且还要求食物具有养生方面的特色?
如今，美食家们对吃提出了更高的要求。他们不仅要观色、闻香、尝味、赏形，而且还要求食物具有养生方面的特色。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, section 19. I don't understand the meaning of 方面的特色。Actually, I cannot make the need of both words ...
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What is the meaning or reference of 峡天昆仑和彼岸 为谁而撼
This is part of a song, but I have tried all the dictionaries and Google and can't figure what the 峡天昆仑和彼岸 is supposed to mean:
烽烟把 霜雪敲落
轻覆过 往日沉疴
你背着光 眸中有星河
我哼着歌 日月应我
没入眉心的灿烂 被尘埃熄灭又燃
峡天昆仑和彼岸 为谁而撼
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What is the meaning of 趁 in 萝卜饼要趁热吃?
...火最好用文火，等能闻到香味时，便可开锅了。萝卜饼要趁热吃，喜欢口味重的，还可以加少许酱油和醋。...
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 19. What is the meaning of 趁?
萝卜饼(radish cake)要(must)趁(you take advantage of that being)热(...
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What is the meaning of 开锅 in 便可开锅了?
接下来，拿一个平底锅，先在锅里淋一圈油，待油锅烫手时，将切好的萝卜饼一块一块地放进锅里。盖锅前须放进一些温水，预防糊底。火最好用文火，等能闻到香味时，便可开锅了。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, section 19. What is the meaning of 开锅? To start boiling or to open the ...
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What is the meaning of 将切好 in 将切好的萝卜饼一块一块地放进锅里?
接下来，拿一个平底锅，先在锅里淋一圈油，待油锅烫手时，将切好的萝卜饼一块一块地放进锅里。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 19. What is the meaning of 将切好?
Probably 将 means soon or also, and 切好 means cut done, or cut ...
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What is the meaning of 块状 in 最后用刀切成块状?
高手往往把面擀得薄如白纸，拌好的萝卜丝儿铺到饼上后，得再折叠两三次，要求饼熟之后表皮是透明的，能透过表皮看见萝卜丝儿。最后用刀切成块状，饼便做好了。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, chapter 19. What is the meaning of 块状? pieces great? pieces form? That is said ...
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What is the meaning of 带着 in 红的辣中带着甜?
家乡的萝卜有青、红、紫三种。三种萝卜看起来赏心悦目，吃起来，青的甜中带点儿辣，红的辣中带着甜，紫的像山泉般清淡可口。
This is from the Standard Course Book of HSK5, section 19.
Please help me understand this part: 红的辣中带着甜. I have reached into that point:
红的(...
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What is the meaning of 都 in a structure of 连 什么 都 = 连 ... 都 = even ... sth？
I've quoted the following sentences from here.
这个 问题 太 简单 了 ，连 三岁 小孩 都 知道 。
This question is so easy that even a three-year-old kid knows the answer.
For me, I think that removing 都 from this ...
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What do the combination of these characters on this ring mean
Could you tell me what my rings says
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What is the sentence structure when 有 is followed by a verb?
According to both the dictionary (Pleco) and the grammar rules (Chinese Grammar Wiki) it seems that 有 (or 没有) should typically be used in a combination 有 + object and expresses either possession or ...
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Does 澄清 ("to clarify") also mean 解决 ("to resolve" [a problem])?
澄清： 「形」（水）清澈。 「动」使清楚；弄明白。
In revising the word 澄清, I found multiple examples on YouDao where it means something along the lines of 解决 (to resolve [a problem]), such as:
这就澄清了问题。
今晚乔布斯彻底地澄清了这个问题。
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What means 你跟以前一样的是 sentence？
I understand this design, but I saw such a case . I do not understand why is 是 at the end of the sentence . Can you explain please
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What does 气场全开 mean?
Reading a sentence "37岁秦岚登T台走秀气场全开秀迷人天鹅颈", I check online the meaning of the idiom 气场全开,which is given as 自己不说话，站在那里别人都怕自己 (you scare the other people with your silence), but that sounds ...
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How can I understand 十二建除择日 in Feng Shui?
Or if you can indicate a site or book in English about Feng Shui that talks about this.
十二建除择日又可称为十二建星择日，这十二颗星分别为：建、除、满、平、定、执、破、危、成、收、开、闭。
Can someone please help me translate?
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“陈旧”这个词一定是贬义词吗?
陈旧：（形容词）旧；过时的
在复习、学习HSK7~9级词汇时，我遇到了“陈旧”这个词。我认为“陈旧”是贬义词，即陈旧的东西一定有什么缺点，比如它已经被淘汰掉了或者不再被人接受的，所以你不应该使用它，或者至少有着更好的选择。
我找到的例句包括这样的搭配：
陈旧的观念（或信念）
陈旧的设备
陈旧的信息
陈旧的词语
这些例子都和我的假设一致的：“陈旧”是贬义词。可是，我在这里也遇到了一些这类的句子：...
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when used with verbs just 好 and when 好了？
I can't figure out when to use these words. It seems to me that both of them mean that the action has completed. And yet one of them means a "positive" result.
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How can I parse 才一直追不上地球的运转?
I've been trying to translate the 2nd following sentence.
怕我会把航线图弄反
才一直追不上地球的运转
The google translate shows the following sentence translating it.
It has been unable to keep up with the rotation of ...
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How does 去 in 去做 work?
他完全有能力做好这件事,但他没有认真去做。
He was perfectly capable of doing it well, but he didn't take it seriously.(This English sentence was gained from google translate just pasting the above sentence on it.)
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How should I interpret this 吧 in the sentence "好，那咱们一起去吧" ？
A：我们去吃午饭，你也一起去吗？
B：好，那咱们一起去吧。
I translated above sentences as follows using a dictionary and the text book which gave those sentences.
A: We are going to eat lunches, Do you also come together (with ...
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Parsing "的" as adjective suffix?
判断学校好坏的标准有很多，不过我认为老师的水平的最主要的。
I've interpreted above sentence as follows using ungrammatical English for reading Chinese with ease.
Judging a school's good points and bad points 's criteria there ...
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