选美
xuǎn měi
Pinyin

Definition

选美
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xuǎn měi
  1. beauty contest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
美
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
美人
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
美女
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
美好
měi hǎo
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 fine
美丽
měi lì
  1. 1 beautiful
优美
yōu měi
  1. 1 graceful
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 elegant
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
唯美
wéi měi
  1. 1 aesthetics
审美
shěn měi
  1. 1 esthetics
  2. 2 appreciating the arts
  3. 3 taste
爱美
ài měi
  1. 1 love of beauty
  2. 2 wishing to appear beautiful
  3. 3 to set store by one's appearance
甜美
tián měi
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 pleasant
  3. 3 happy
精美
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
美人计
měi rén jì
  1. 1 honey trap
  2. 2 sexual entrapment
  3. 3 CL:條|条[tiáo]
美元
Měi yuán
  1. 1 American dollar
  2. 2 US dollar
美剧
Měi jù
  1. 1 American TV series
  2. 2 abbr. for 美國電視劇|美国电视剧
美化
měi huà
  1. 1 to make more beautiful
  2. 2 to decorate
  3. 3 embellishment
美味
měi wèi
  1. 1 delicious
  2. 2 delicious food
  3. 3 delicacy
美国人
Měi guó rén
  1. 1 American
  2. 2 American person
  3. 3 American people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (19)

价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
专美于前
zhuān měi yú qián
  1. 1 to monopolize the limelight (idiom)
  2. 2 to get all the glory
  3. 3 to rank highest
爱美之心，人皆有之
ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī
  1. 1 everyone loves beauty (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
珍馐美馔
zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
甜言美语
tián yán měi yǔ
  1. 1 sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery
尽善尽美
jìn shàn jìn měi
  1. 1 perfect (idiom); perfection
  2. 2 the best of all possible worlds
  3. 3 as good as it gets
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
美中不足
měi zhōng bù zú
  1. 1 everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
美其名曰
měi qí míng yuē
  1. 1 to call by the glorified name of (idiom)
美轮美奂
měi lún měi huàn
  1. 1 (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)
良宵美景
liáng xiāo měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
良辰美景
liáng chén měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
英雄难过美人关
yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān
  1. 1 even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
貌美如花
mào měi rú huā
  1. 1 (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom)
  2. 2 beautiful

Sample Sentences

我主要是想宣传我的博客。可是没想到，这个比赛最重要的还是选美，不是博客。
wǒ zhǔyào shì xiǎng xuānchuán wǒ de bókè 。kěshì méixiǎngdào ，zhège bǐsài zuì zhòngyào de háishì xuǎnměi ，bùshì bókè 。
It was mostly to promote my blog. But I never imagined that the main thing in this pageant is beauty, not blogs.
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你为什么来参加选美？
nǐ wèishénme lái cānjiā xuǎnměi ？
Why did you decide to be in the beauty pageant?
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这是选美比赛，当然要穿咯！
zhè shì xuǎnměi bǐsài ，dāngrán yào chuān lo ！
It's a beauty pageant. Of course we have to wear them!
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对啊。而且隆鼻、隆胸、割双眼皮都是小手术。参加选美的人都知道。
duì a 。érqiě lóngbí 、lóngxiōng 、gē shuāngyǎnpí dōu shì xiǎoshǒushù 。cānjiā xuǎnměi de rén dōu zhīdào 。
Right. Besides, nose jobs, boob jobs, and eye jobs are all minor surgery. All the girls in beauty pageants know that.
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选美和博客有什么关系？
xuǎnměi hé bókè yǒu shénme guānxi ？
What does beauty have to do with blogs?
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比这个还好。有个选美比赛快要开始了。你一定要去参加！
bǐ zhège hái hǎo 。yǒu ge xuǎnměi bǐsài kuài yào kāishǐ le 。nǐ yīdìng yào qù cānjiā ！
Even better. There's a beauty pageant that's going to start soon. You totally have to be in it!
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你别劝我了。你不知道选美有多乱，多复杂，我受不了了！
nǐ bié quàn wǒ le 。nǐ bù zhīdào xuǎnměi yǒu duōluàn ，duō fùzá ，wǒ shòubuliǎo le ！
Quit telling me what to do. You have no idea how ugly and messy a beauty pageant is. I can't take it anymore!
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没有。我的博客已经写了两年多了，所以不算新人。不过这次是选美加博客，我应该算是新人吧。你们两位一定很有经验了，我要多向你们学习啊。
méiyǒu 。wǒ de bókè yǐjīng xiě le liǎng nián duō le ，suǒyǐ bù suàn xīnrén 。bùguò zhècì shì xuǎnměi jiā bókè ，wǒ yīnggāi suàn shì xīnrén ba 。nǐmen liǎng wèi yīdìng hěn yǒu jīngyàn le ，wǒ yào duō xiàng nǐmen xuéxí a 。
No. I've had my blog for over two years, so I'm not a newcomer. But this time it's a beauty pageant plus blogging, so maybe I am a newcomer there. You two must have a lot of experience. I have to learn a lot from you.
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是啊。我们学表演的，学校会教我们怎么打扮。而且表演、唱歌、跳舞、样样都要学。正好可以在选美的时候用。学中文好像就没什么用了。
shì a 。wǒmen xué biǎoyǎn de ，xuéxiào huì jiāo wǒmen zěnme dǎban 。érqiě biǎoyǎn 、chànggē 、tiàowǔ 、yàngyàng dōu yào xué 。zhènghǎo kěyǐ zài xuǎnměi de shíhou yòng 。xué Zhōngwén hǎoxiàng jiù méi shénme yòng le 。
Yeah. We study acting, and the school even teaches us how to put on make-up. Plus we have to study performing, singing, dancing, and all that. It comes in handy for a beauty pageant. It seems that learning Chinese just isn't of any use.
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那你怎么会来参加选美？
nà nǐ zénme huì lái cānjiā xuǎnměi ？
So why would you participate in a beauty pageant?
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