两性 (兩性)
liǎng xìng
Pinyin

Definition

两性 (兩性)
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liǎng xìng
  1. male and female
  2. both types (acid and alkaline, positive and negative etc)
  3. (chemistry) amphoteric

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人性
rén xìng
  1. 1 human nature
  2. 2 humanity
  3. 3 human
  4. 4 the totality of human attributes
任性
rèn xìng
  1. 1 willful
  2. 2 headstrong
  3. 3 unruly
个性
gè xìng
  1. 1 individuality
  2. 2 personality
女性
nǚ xìng
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 the female sex
弹性
tán xìng
  1. 1 flexibility
  2. 2 elasticity

Idioms (6)

修心养性
xiū xīn yǎng xìng
  1. 1 to cultivate the heart and nurture the character (idiom); to improve oneself by meditation
好记性不如烂笔头
hǎo jì xìng bù rú làn bǐ tóu
  1. 1 the palest ink is better than the best memory (idiom)
本性难移
běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 It is hard to change one's essential nature (idiom). You can't change who you are.
  2. 2 Can the leopard change his spots? (Jeremiah 13:23)
江山易改，本性难移
jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yí
  1. 1 it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't change who you are
  3. 3 Can the leopard change his spots?
熏陶成性
xūn táo chéng xìng
  1. 1 (idiom) nurture makes second nature
  2. 2 good habits come by long assimilation

Sample Sentences

哦，陈磊同学的问题很好。大家正值青春期，所以渐渐地会开始关注两性的问题。这个呢，是人类的本能。过会儿呢，我们要看一个青春期性教育的片子。男生跟着我去101室，女生跟着班长去102室。
ò ，Chén Lěi tóngxué de wèntí hěn hǎo 。dàjiā zhèngzhí qīngchūn qī ，suǒyǐ jiānjiān de huì kāishǐ guānzhù liǎngxìng de wèntí 。zhè ge ne ，shì rénlèi de běnnéng 。guò huǐr ne ，wǒmen yào kàn yī ge qīngchūn qī xìng jiàoyù de piānzi 。nánshēng gēn zhe wǒ qù yāo líng yāo shì ，nǚshēng gēn zhe bānzhǎng qù yāo líng èr shì 。
Chen Lei's question is a very good one. You're all just entering puberty, so you'll gradually start to notice things about the opposite sex. This is human instinct. In a little while, we'll watch an adolescent sex education film. The boys will go with me to room 101, and the girls will go with the class monitor to room 102.
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