🇨🇳Chinese: Small talk
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Start learning Chinese free →- 你应当多运动运动。You should exercise more.
- 刚才我在和我爸妈闲聊。Just now I was chatting with my parents.
- 你真狡猾。You are really crafty.
- 这个男人有一匹马。This man has a horse.
- 父亲示意我离开房间。Father gestured to me to leave the room.
- 他的收入不錯。He has a fair income.
- 他们不累。They are not tired.
- 你怎么会这么有耐心?How can you be so patient?
- 公众意见的平衡仍是他的关切。The balance of public opinion remains in his favor.
- 不好意思,你叫什么名字?Excuse me. What's your name?
- 我被迫在星期天上班。I was forced to go to work on Sunday.
- 我要这本日中词典。I want this Japanese-Chinese dictionary.
- 我下星期一来取。I will collect it next Monday.
- 请多关照!Please treat me kindly.
- 我爸爸的車是新的。My father's car is new.
- 海洋底部有沙子。There is sand at the bottom of the ocean.
- 我每年拜访我父亲两次。I visit my father twice a year.
- 今天很可能會下雨。It is likely to rain today.
- 我很累,但我还是没办法入睡。I'm very tired, but I can't get to sleep.
- 如果你要改变主意,通知我。Should you change your mind, let me know.
- 阅读是我的消遣。Reading is my past-time.
- 他用手帕把手抹乾淨。He wiped his hands on a handkerchief.
- 德语是综合语。German is a synthetic language.
- 让我们开始吧。Let's get started.
- 你现在感觉如何?How do you feel now?
- 她决定和他结婚。She decided to marry him.
- 為何男女有別呢?Why are there differences between males and females?
- 我不想弄髒我的手。I don't want to get my hands dirty.
- 她不知道該怎麼做。She didn't know what to do.
- 他的女朋友是日本人。His girlfriend is Japanese.
- 没汽油了。We ran out of gas.
- 你是只虫。You're a bug.
- 玛丽宣布和汤姆订婚。Mary announced her engagement to Tom.
- 这个故事与事实不符。The story is not in accord with the facts.
- 他并不像他哥哥那样。He isn't like his brother.
- 我中奖了。I won the lottery.
- 她在浴室。She's in the bath.
- 小张人不错!Little Zhang is a good guy!
- 我为你的成功感到高兴。I rejoice in your success.
- 太神奇了。It's amazing.
- 上床睡觉之前请关灯。Please turn off the light before you go to bed.
- 我住在米兰。I live in Milan.
- 我會說中文。I can speak Chinese.
- 让我们回家吧。Let us go home.
- 她已经去了美国。She has gone to America.
- 你能去学校接小孩吗?Can you fetch the children from school?
- 事故无法避免。Accidents are inevitable.
- 他养成了熬夜的习惯。He fell into the habit of keeping late hours.
- 那个男人年纪很大。The man is old.
- 他们就教我脏话来着。They just taught me to swear.
- 我把我的意图告诉了我父母。I made known my intentions to my parents.
- 湯姆嚇咗一跳。Tom was shocked.
- 我可以坐在你旁邊嗎?May I sit next to you?
- 我敲门,但是没有人回应。I knocked on the door, but nobody answered.
- 把披薩分成三份。Divide the pizza in three.
- 天知道他们的命运到底是什么。God knows what their fate will be.
- 侵略者注定要被打败。The aggressors are bound to be defeated.
- 压力越低,沸点越低。When the pressure is lower, the boiling point is lower.
- 湯姆很喜歡嘗試新事物。Tom likes trying out new things.
- 你們呢?How about you?
- 好可愛喔。So cute!
- 您见过这个人吗?Have you seen this man?
- 別拿去惡作劇對吧?So don't use this for pranking, right?
- 给我留点冰激凌。Leave me a bit of ice cream.
- 手甲的生長速度比腳甲快四倍。Fingernails grow nearly four times faster than toenails.
- 我回來了!I've returned!
- 這是只有我們能知道的秘密。Only we know this secret.
- 沒錯!這是很正經的事!No worries! This is good enough!
- 她是日本人嗎?Is she Japanese?
- 那个高个男人是史密斯先生。That tall man is Mr Smith.
- 我想学围棋。I want to learn how to play "Go".
- 是,我懂了!Yes, I understand!
- 我知道了!I understand!
- 她看上去十分优雅。She looks very elegant.
- 我還在讀書。I'm still in school.
- 我想找一种提升记忆力的方法。I'd like to find a way to improve my memory.
- 你是怎样庆祝生日的?How did you celebrate your birthday?
- 汤姆和玛丽都戴着褐色的帽子。Tom and Mary are both wearing brown hats.
- 无尾熊没有肚脐。Koala bears do not have belly buttons.
- 他知道怎么关掉引擎。He knows how to cut the engine.
- 好久不见。你怎么样?It's been a while. How are you?
- 不好意思,您可以再說一遍嗎?Excuse me, could you repeat that?
- 可能是因为网速太慢。Perhaps it's because the web is slow.
- 我想做一个程序员。I want to be a computer programmer.
- 咦,押韵喔!Hey, that rhymes!
- 我承认我大意了。I admit that I was careless.
- 离别总是让人悲伤。Goodbyes are always sad.
- 您需要重新启动电脑。You need to reboot your computer.
- 你本应该接受他的建议。You should have accepted his advice.
- 汤姆童心未泯。Tom maintained his innocence.
- 科学家们似乎已经知道真相了。Scientists seem to have known the truth.
- 我来,我见,我征服。I came, I saw, I conquered.
- 汤姆向玛丽打听有关约翰的事。Tom asked Mary about John.
- 这个故事仓促地结了尾。The story concluded abruptly.
- 银行九点开门。Banks open at nine o'clock.
- 我觉得你妒忌了。I think you're jealous.
- 我需要工具来给花园除草。I need a tool for pulling weeds in my garden.
- 你是学生还是老师?Are you a teacher or a student?
- 我收到了一张请帖。I received an invitation.
- 我不太明白他说什么。I don't quite understand what he says.
- 你在听我说吗?Do you hear what I'm saying?
- 老师不可能说过这样的事。The teacher cannot have said such a thing.
- 她雙手冰冷。Her hands were as cold as ice.
- 貓大多數都討厭狗。Cats usually hate dogs.
- 她的魅力難以用筆墨形容。Her charm is beyond description.
- 我們必須總體地研究這事件。We must study the affair as a whole.
- 抽煙請到外面抽。If you are going to smoke, please go outside.
- 他的妻子是法国人His wife is French.
- 如果事情值得做就值得做好。If it is worth doing, do it well.
- 美國的小孩聽著這些話長大。American children grow up hearing those words.
- 我忽然想起了我死去的妈妈。I suddenly thought of my dead mother.
- 这个地方的气氛很神秘。This place has a mysterious atmosphere to it.
- 我觉得这本书很有意思。I found the book interesting.
- 我必須在一小時內做完功課。I must finish my homework in an hour.
- 我想要兩公斤蘋果。I'd like two kilos of apples.
- 我的英文沒有他說得那麼好。I can't speak English as well as he.
- 他好像对此全不知清。He seems like he doesn't understand this at all.
- 我的两个姐妹都结婚了。Both of my sisters are married.
- 他是个很棒的网球选手。He's an excellent tennis player.
- 他胡亂把書本放在架上。He put the books on the shelf out of order.
- 每個人都應該愛自己的母親。One should love one's own mother.
- 你為甚麼不把摩托車拿去修理?Why don't you have your motorcycle fixed up?
- 你贊成他在書中說的話嗎?Do you agree with what he says in the book?
- 很多年輕人去了打仗。Many young men went to war.
- 请往后退一退。Please move back.
- 每个人都必有一死。All men must die.
- 你说什么?死了?What did you say? Dead?
- 猫坐在桌子上。The cat is sitting on top of the table.
- 這個秋季有很多颱風。We have had lots of typhoons this fall.
- 難怪他失敗了。It is no wonder that he failed.
- 他無庸置疑是個偉大的藝術家。It is clear that he is a great artist.
- 我從來沒喜歡過生物學。I never liked biology.
- 孩子们早上去学校。The children go to school in the morning.
- 我不知道我是否可以去派对。I don't know if I can go to the party.
- 我可能犯了个错。I may have made a mistake.
- 她只对鱼和蟑螂感兴趣。She's only interested in fish and cockroaches.
- 對了,我有一件事要告訴你。By the way, I have something to tell you.
- 湯姆今天要留在家中嗎?Does Tom have to stay home today?
- 她把那筆錢給了他。She gave him the money.
- 你做到啦!You made it!
- 您空闲时间喜欢做什么?What do you like to do in your free time?
- 我为她翻译了好几次这个词。I helped her translate this sentence so many times.
- 它包含了什么?What does it contain?
- 林肯反對奴隸制度。Lincoln was opposed to slavery.
- 王先生是中國人。Mr Wang is from China.
- 我養的貓昨天死了。My pet cat died yesterday.
- 你见过鲸鱼吗?Have you ever seen a whale?
- 这个位子空着吗?Is this seat available?
- 这艘船没有雷达装备。The ship is not equipped with radar.
- 您有很多书。You have many books.
- 他们有了很多孩子。They have lots of children.
- 您为什么指责我儿子?Why do you accuse my son?
- 你怎么敢这样说话?How dare you speak like that!
- 那部电影很有意思。That film's really interesting.
- 让您等了很久,我很抱歉。I'm sorry I've kept you waiting so long.
- 我猜想您喜欢他。I suppose you like him.
- 我有很多工作要做。I have a lot of work to do.
- 玛丽去环游世界了。Mary went on a voyage around the world.
- 您认为她会做什么?What do you think she can do?
- 我们去电影院怎么样?How about going to the movies?
- 我不知道她结婚了。I didn't know she was married.
- 我没听到您的姓。I didn't catch your last name.
- 少了什么?What is missing?
- 我听到门关了。I heard the door close.
- 门一开,他们就逃走了。As soon as the door opened, they ran away.
- 那我明天会问他的。I will ask him about it tomorrow, then.
- 我会尽快完成的。I'll finish it as quickly as I can.
- 尽早让我知道结果。Let me know the result as soon as you can.
- 得克萨斯州约是日本的两倍大。Texas is nearly twice as large as Japan.
- 这个城市的交通方便得很。The transportation in this city is very convenient.
- 冷飲更佳。Best served chilled.
- 真不好意思,辛苦你了!I'm really sorry to trouble you!
- 一加二等于三。One plus two equals three.
- 我需要十号大小的鞋子!I need size 10 shoes!
- 我学韩语。I study Korean.
- 請在空格上填上適當的字詞。Fill in the blanks with suitable words.
- 他是法国人。He is from France.
- 我的話傷了他的自尊心。What I said hurt his pride.
- 实验证明了他的理论。The experiment confirmed his theory.
- 你有没有缝衣针?Do you have a sewing needle?
- 他剩下的時間已經不多了。He doesn't have long to live.
- 不好意思,我把方向搞錯了。I'm sorry I've mistaken the direction.
- 最先登上珠穆朗瑪峰的人是誰?Who first reached the summit of Mt. Everest?
- 他对杀父凶手进行了报复。He avenged the murder of his father.
- 名單上沒有她的名字。Her name wasn't on the list.
- 这就要看您了。It's up to you.
- 有個女人從船上掉進了海裏。A woman fell from a ship into the sea.
- 茄汁意粉是小朋友的最愛。Kids love pasta in tomato sauce.
- 我该上床了。I have to go to bed.
- 我能和布朗小姐说话吗?May I talk to Ms. Brown?
- 创造主义是一种伪科学。Creationism is a pseudo-science.
- 我想要按摩。我需要放松。I want a massage. I need to relax.
- 昨晚雨下得很大。It rained hard last night.
- 他慢慢地走。He walks slowly.
- 塑料不易燃烧。Plastic does not burn easily.
- 您知道您的尺寸吗?Do you know your size?
- 我有一本书。I have a book.
- 你今天下午想不想去动物园?Would you like to go to the zoo this afternoon?
- 你们今天下午想不想去动物园?Would you like to go to the zoo this afternoon?
- 理科比文科难。The natural sciences are harder than the social sciences.
- 我小睡了一会儿。I've got to catch some Z's.
- 他言行不一。His words and deeds do not match.
- 打扰了。I'm disturbing you.
- 他们的友情酝酿成了爱情。Their friendship ripened into a deep love.
- 我想要你。I want you.
- 箱子裏面的雞蛋全都破掉了。All the eggs in the box were broken.
- 印度昨天發生了一場大地震。A big earthquake occurred in India yesterday.
- 問題是我爸爸媽媽會不會同意。The problem is whether my parents will agree or not.
- 我觉得你新的头发颜色好看。I think your new hair color looks good.
- Muiriel 是印度人。Muiriel is an Indian.
- 你在干什么?What are you doing?
- 为什么他生气?Why is he angry?
- 她比我年輕兩歲。She is two years younger than I.
- 你只要每天練習就可以了。You have only to practice every day.
- 我们想知道真相。We want to know the facts.
- 她的法語說得很流利。She can speak French fluently.
- 貝蒂是最後一個來的。Betty came last.
- 他很敏感。He is very sensitive.
- 我的叔叔在这个办公室里工作。My uncle works in this office.
- 我很希望你会再来。I do hope you'll come again.
- 可以说说您的具体要求吗?Could you tell me what your specific requirements are?
- 中国人的胃最爱国了。Chinese people have the most patriotic stomachs.
- 我听音乐。I listen to music.
- 讓我們休息一會兒。Let's take a short break.
- 她一心一意地工作。She works with single-minded determination.
- 父親是好的。The father is good.
- 我不知道是否該同意或拒絕。I do not know whether to accept or to refuse.
- 他們在雪地裏找到了熊的腳印。They found the track of a bear in the snow.
- 蜜蜂蜇人后为什么会死去呢?Why do bees die after stinging?
- 萊茵河流經法國和德國國界。The Rhine runs between France and Germany.
- 是什么道理?What's the reason?
- 如果你唱歌的話一定很棒。It would be great if you could sing.
- 我父親對這個結果感到滿意。My father feels satisfied about this result.
- 他比你笨。He's dumber than you.
- 我看過Dana。I saw Dana.
- 我的名字是Yatarou.My name is Yatarou.
- 我不想让你伤害。I don't want to hurt you.
- 他比我高。He is taller than I.
- 周末他平常不在家。He often stays away from home on the weekend.
- 我裝了個心臟起搏器。I've got a pacemaker.
- 它在我的舌尖上。It's on the tip of my tongue.
- 她很长时间没见过他。She has not seen him for a long time.
- 他們坐車去芝加哥。They went to Chicago by car.
- 我覺得我好像從惡夢中驚醒。I feel as if I've woken up from a nightmare.
- 我没有敌人。I don't have any enemies.
- 沒有你我很悲傷。I'm sad without you.
- 你的文法比你的呼吸好。Your grammar is better than your breath.
- 快圣诞节了。Christmas is coming soon.
- 我要去義大利。I want to go to Italy.
- 他們全部穿制服了。They were all dressed in uniforms.
- 她是个有有魅力的女性。She is a charming woman.
- 我打游戏。I play video games.
- 好的開始是成功的一半。Well begun is half done.
- 別學了。Don't study.
- 那件意外是在甚麼地方發生的?Where did the accident take place?
- 我一点也不羡慕你的生活。I don't envy your life. Not even a little bit.
- 我穿這條褲子很合身。These pants fit me well.
- 我們立即開始施工。We'll begin work soon.
- 不要走得那麼快。我跟不上你。Don't walk so quickly. I can't keep up with you.
- 她因為健康因素休學了。She has dropped out of school due to health issues.
- 不久後, 他恢復了健康。It was not long before he got well.
- 這是無可否認的事實。There is no denying the fact.
- 我太忙了不能去。I am too busy to go.
- 请小心别打碎了这个花瓶。Please take care not to break this vase.
- 我不喜歡被當作孩子。I don't like being treated as a child.
- 他的母親不想做。His mother didn't want to do it.
- 我看不到任何東西。I can't see anything.
- 你必須去做。You must do it.
- 不要忘記你放在哪裡。Don't forget where you put it.
- 你沒有任何藉口缺席這次會議。There is no excuse to help get you out of the meeting.
- 他编了这个故事。He made up the story.
- 汤姆不会打网球。Tom can't play tennis.
- 我不小心拿錯了他的傘。I accidentally took his umbrella.
- 人生是有趣的。Life is fun.
- 你被騙了。You've been deceived.
- 他目睹了謀殺案。He witnessed the murder.
- 當然!Of course!
- 現在就做。Do it now.
- 她不喜歡壽司。She doesn't like sushi.
- 他們明天舉行婚禮。Their wedding is tomorrow.
- 你的预言成真了。Your prophecy has come true.
- 不要進入我的房間。Don't come into my room.
- 打我吧。Hit me.
- 仙台地震的结果很恐怖。The consequences of Sendai's earthquake were dreadful!
- 史密斯先生是她的一个相识。Mr Smith is an acquaintance of hers.
- 剩下的就自然跟着了。The rest follows naturally.
- 這棟房子是屬於他的。That house belongs to him.
- 我佩服你的勇氣。I admire you for your courage.
- 你必須有耐心。You have to be patient.
- 我要控告你。I will sue you.
- 他身上的錢全被強盗搶走了。A mugger robbed him of all of his money.
- 她嫁給了一個外國人。She is married to a foreigner.
- 這刀不鋒利。The knife is not sharp.
- 達也有一些朋友住在紐約。Tatsuya has some friends who live in New York.
- 他虽然穷,却很幸福。Even though he's poor, he's happy.
- 我甘心为你做任何事。I am ready to do anything for you.
- 请开门。Open the door, please.
- 多放一點糖。Put in a little more sugar.
- 据我所知,他没做错任何事。As far as I know, he did nothing wrong.
- 我可以回答所有问题。I could answer all the questions.
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