短句
duǎn jù
Pinyin

Definition

短句
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duǎn jù
  1. clause

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

句
gōu
  1. 1 variant of 勾[gōu]
短
duǎn
  1. 1 short
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 to lack
  4. 4 weak point
  5. 5 fault
短信
duǎn xìn
  1. 1 text message
  2. 2 SMS
句子
jù zi
  1. 1 sentence
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
句号
jù hào
  1. 1 full stop
  2. 2 period (punct.)
短暂
duǎn zàn
  1. 1 of short duration
  2. 2 brief
  3. 3 momentary
短期
duǎn qī
  1. 1 short term
  2. 2 short-term
短片
duǎn piàn
  1. 1 short film
  2. 2 video clip
短线
duǎn xiàn
  1. 1 short term
短袖
duǎn xiù
  1. 1 short sleeves
  2. 2 short-sleeved shirt
短裤
duǎn kù
  1. 1 short pants
  2. 2 shorts
短靴
duǎn xuē
  1. 1 ankle boots
简短
jiǎn duǎn
  1. 1 brief (statement, summary etc)
  2. 2 briefly
  3. 3 brevity
缩短
suō duǎn
  1. 1 to curtail
  2. 2 to cut down
语句
yǔ jù
  1. 1 sentence
一句
yī jù
  1. 1 a line of verse
  2. 2 a sentence
人穷志短
rén qióng zhì duǎn
  1. 1 poor and with low expectations
  2. 2 poverty stunts ambition
例句
lì jù
  1. 1 example sentence
俳句
pái jù
  1. 1 haiku
分句
fēn jù
  1. 1 clause (grammar)

Idioms (20)

三句话不离本行
sān jù huà bù lí běn háng
  1. 1 to talk shop all the time (idiom)
三言两句
sān yán liǎng jù
  1. 1 in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
取长补短
qǔ cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
  2. 2 to use this in place of that
  3. 3 what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
句句实话
jù jù shí huà
  1. 1 to speak honestly (idiom)
吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短
chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
张家长，李家短
Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn
  1. 1 lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors
截长补短
jié cháng bǔ duǎn
  1. 1 take from the long to supplement the short (idiom)
  2. 2 to offset each other's deficiencies
  3. 3 to complement each other
扬长避短
yáng cháng bì duǎn
  1. 1 to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
  2. 2 to play to one's strengths
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
东家长西家短
dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn
  1. 1 to gossip (idiom)
残年短景
cán nián duǎn jǐng
  1. 1 at the end of the year (idiom)
争长论短
zhēng cháng lùn duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to argue who is right and wrong (idiom); to quibble
  2. 2 a storm in a teacup
短中抽长
duǎn zhōng chōu cháng
  1. 1 to make the best of a bad job
  2. 2 to make the best use of limited resources (idiom)
短兵相接
duǎn bīng xiāng jiē
  1. 1 lit. short-weaponed soldiery fight one another (idiom); fierce hand-to-hand infantry combat
  2. 2 to fight at close quarters
短小精悍
duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn
  1. 1 (of a person) short but plucky (idiom)
  2. 2 (of an article) concise and forceful
话不投机半句多
huà bù tóu jī bàn jù duō
  1. 1 when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion (idiom)
说长道短
shuō cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
论长道短
lùn cháng dào duǎn
  1. 1 lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip
长吁短叹
cháng xū duǎn tàn
  1. 1 long moan and short gasp (idiom); continually moaning and groaning in pain
长话短说
cháng huà duǎn shuō
  1. 1 to make a long story short (idiom)

Sample Sentences

中文里，如果两个短句有关联的话，当中可以用逗号。但是在英语里，如果主谓宾齐全，那就是一个完整的句子了。就应该用句号。
Zhōngwén lǐ ，rúguǒ liǎng gè duǎnjù yǒu guānlián dehuà ，dāngzhōng kěyǐ yòng dòuhào 。dànshì zài yīngyǔ lǐ ，rúguǒ zhǔ wèi bīn qíquán ，nà jiùshì yī gè wánzhěng de jùzi le 。jiù yīnggāi yòng jùhào 。
In Chinese, if two short sentences are related, you can place a comma between them. However, in English, if you have a subject, verb and object together, then it's a complete sentence. So you should use a period.
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