五十
wǔ shí
Pinyin
Definition
五十
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- fifty
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
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)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 lack of sticking power
- 4 short attention span
Sample Sentences
去年全球唱片收入下降至一百五十亿美金,在唱片的黄金时期,一九九六年的时候,当时的音乐产值高达六百亿!音乐产业价值整整萎缩了四分之三,这对唱片公司以及歌手都是相当重大的打击。
Last year global record revenue fell to 15 billion USD. In the golden years of record sales, back in 1996, the music industry was worth up to 60 billion! The value of the music industry has fallen by three quarters in total, which has hit record labels and singers quite heavily.
报告中指出,一天吃五十克的加工肉,也就是说不到两片培根,就可能提高罹患直肠癌百分之十八的机率。至于吃一般未加工的红肉“可能致癌”这个说法目前证据有限。
In the report is said eating 50 grams of processed meat a day, which is less than two slices of bacon, can increase your chances of suffering rectal cancer by 18 percent. There is currently limited evidence as to the theory that non-processed red meat might lead to cancer.
只是,这次水位极高,最高达到一百五十六厘米。
Except that this time the water level was extremely high, the highest was 156cm.
没错,金马奖自一九六二年创办以来,已经有五十多年的历史了,当时是为了促进电影制作事业,对优良的电影及优秀的电影工作者提供的一项竞赛奖励。
That's right. From their founding in 1962, the Golden Horse Awards have already been around for over 50 years. At the time they were aimed at boosting the film production industry, to reward excellent films and excellent film workers.
嗯,结果就是有一千七百四十万人同意英国脱离欧盟,占总投票人数的百分之五十一点九,不同意英国脱离欧盟的人数,占了总投票人数的百分之四十八点一,同意脱欧派以微弱的优势胜出。
Yeah, and in the end 17.4 million people voted for Brexit, accounting for 51.9% of voters. Those who didn't agree with a UK exit from the EU accounted for 48.1% of voters, giving Brexit a slim victory.
你太幸运了,这次的完美日全食可是三百五十年才会发生一次啊。
You're so lucky, this perfect solar eclipse occurs only once every 350 years.
第二:飓风佛罗伦斯来袭,不但造成美国东岸五十三人死亡,还引起严重淹水与停电。
2. Hurricane Florence strikes, resulting in 53 deaths in the east coast, serious flooding and blackout.
现在五点五十分,等她等到六点吧。
It's now 5:50, so let's wait until 6, OK?
好的,美式二十一块、拿铁三十一块,一共五十二块钱。
OK, the Americano is RMB21 and the latte is RMB30, so that's RMB52 in total.