三胞胎
sān bāo tāi
Pinyin

Definition

三胞胎
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sān bāo tāi
  1. triplets

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三分之一
sān fēn zhī yī
  1. 1 one third
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30
三岔口
Sān chà kǒu
  1. 1 At the Crossroads, famous opera, based on a story from 水滸傳|水浒传[Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn]

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我懂，但是您懂我们的心吗?如果我们生了小孩，等你们老了，我们这对小夫妻又要照顾小孩，又要照顾四个老人，负担很重的。生一个还好，但万一生个双胞胎或三胞胎呢？我们还不累得够呛。反正，我觉得二人世界挺好的。
wǒ dǒng ，dànshì nín dǒng wǒmen de xīn ma ?rúguǒ wǒmen shēng le xiǎohái ，děng nǐmen lǎo le ，wǒmen zhè duì xiǎo fūqī yòu yào zhàogu xiǎohái ，yòu yào zhàogu sì gè lǎorén ，fùdān hěn zhòng de 。shēng yī ge hái hǎo ，dàn wànyī shēng gè shuāngbāotāi huò sānbāotāi ne ？wǒmen hái bù lèi de gòuqiàng 。fǎnzhèng ，wǒ juéde èrrénshìjiè tǐng hǎo de 。
I understand. But, do you understand how we feel? If we have a kid, when you get old, we'll have to look after both the kid and all four of our parents. That's a big burden. One is okay, but what if we have twins, or triplets? We haven't even gotten tired of working ourselves. Besides, I think a couple's world is pretty nice.
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