成人
chéng rén
Pinyin
Definition
成人
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- adult
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一失足成千古恨
- 1 a single slip may cause everlasting sorrow (idiom)
一成不变
- 1 nothing much changes (idiom); always the same
- 2 stuck in a rut
一语成谶
- 1 (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic
一雨成秋
- 1 a sudden shower towards the end of summer brings an abrupt arrival of autumn (idiom)
Sample Sentences
对,他们和成人世界按部就班的做事方式完全相反。不过,等他们进入社会以后,也会穿上风衣,成为银座无数白领里的一员。这部片子里就采访了好几个这样的人。
Yeah, they do things in a totally different way from the regimented adults. But after they enter the mainstream, they will become one of the countless white-collar workers of Ginza. In this movie they interviewed a lot of people like that.
届时,朋友圈那诗意的乐趣会慢慢地变味,就像幼子稚童总有一天会长成心机成人
At that time, the poetic pleasure of the circle of friends will gradually sour, just like naive young children eventually grow into scheming adults.
我明白,中国人都觉得,孩子小的时候父母含辛茹苦地抚养孩子长大成人,所以父母老了,孩子就应该承担起奉养父母的责任,不然就会被社会指责。
I understand. Chinese people all think, when children are young their parents make a lot of sacrifices to raise their children well, so when the parents get old, children should take on the responsibility for looking after their parents, otherwise they will be castigated by society.
我要两张十八号去南京的高铁票,一张成人的,一张儿童的。
I want two high speed rail tickets to Nanjing on the 18th - one adult ticket, one children's ticket.
成人票一百四一张,儿童票半价,七十块钱一张。一共是两百一。
An adult ticket is 140 kuai per ticket. A children's ticket is half price, 70 kuai per ticket. Altogether that's 210.
两张成人票吗?
Two adult tickets?
是啊,实施分级制度,让儿童受到保护,让成人得到满足,让创作者的思想不受约束,还能促进电影产业化。既然分级的好处如此显而易见,为啥就不能实行呢?
Yeah! Establishing a rating system would protect children, satisfy adults and keep creative ideas from being restrained. It could also help advance the development of the film industry. Since the benefits of ratings are easy to see, why haven't they been established?