二十
èr shí
Pinyin
Definition
二十
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- twenty
- 20
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一干二净
- 1 thoroughly (idiom)
- 2 completely
- 3 one and all
- 4 very clean
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一分为二
- 1 one divides into two
- 2 to be two-sided
- 3 there are two sides to everything
- 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
Sample Sentences
嗯,二十四小时不停机吗?
Do they work around the clock?
我二十二岁。一九九七年出生。一九九七年七月二十号。
I am 22 years old. (I was) born in 1997. July 20th, 1997.
二十七日
twenty-seventh
六月二十七日望湖楼醉书
A poem written when drunk at Wanghulou on June 27.
3.二十年后,他再次看到儿时一起玩耍的小明不由得热泪盈眶。
Twenty years later, when he met Xiao Ming, his childhood playmate , he could not help but burst into tears.
我们班有三十个人,二十个男生,其余的都是女生。
Our class has 30 students, 20 are males and the rest females.
当地时间八月二十四日,巴西朗多尼亚州,巴西境内的亚马孙雨林大火火情十分严峻,浓烟滚滚,满目疮痍。
On August 24, local time, in the Brazilian state of Rondonia, severe fire in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil brought heavy smoke and widespread devastation .
再二十分钟,我们就要开会了。
We are about to start a meeting in 20 minutes.
好的,我今年二十岁。我刚从佛罗里达州立大学毕业.我除了主修教育以外,还副修心里学。
Ok, I am twenty years old this year. I just graduated from Florida State University. In addition to majoring in education, I also minored in psychology.