仰卧起坐 (仰臥起坐)
yǎng wò qǐ zuò
Pinyin

Definition

仰卧起坐 (仰臥起坐)
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yǎng wò qǐ zuò
  1. sit-up (physical exercise)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
在一起
zài yī qǐ
  1. 1 together
坐
Zuò
  1. 1 surname Zuo
发起
fā qǐ
  1. 1 to originate
  2. 2 to initiate
  3. 3 to launch (an attack, an initiative etc)
  4. 4 to start
  5. 5 to propose sth (for the first time)
起
qǐ
  1. 1 to rise
  2. 2 to raise
  3. 3 to get up
  4. 4 to set out
  5. 5 to start
  6. 6 to appear
  7. 7 to launch
  8. 8 to initiate (action)
  9. 9 to draft
  10. 10 to establish
  11. 11 to get (from a depot or counter)
  12. 12 verb suffix, to start
  13. 13 starting from (a time, place, price etc)
  14. 14 classifier for occurrences or unpredictable events: case, instance
  15. 15 classifier for groups: batch, group

Idioms (20)

一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一病不起
yī bìng bù qǐ
  1. 1 to fall gravely ill, never to recover (idiom)
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人仰马翻
rén yǎng mǎ fān
  1. 1 to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom)
  2. 2 in a pitiful state
  3. 3 in a complete mess
  4. 4 to roll (with laughter)

Sample Sentences

你这是典型的酸葡萄心态。那种肌肉才有型。再说了，你的锻炼方法见效太慢。要做多少个仰卧起坐才能练出六块腹肌啊？
nǐ zhè shì diǎnxíng de suānpútao xīntài 。nàzhǒng jīròu cái yǒuxíng 。zàishuō le ，nǐ de duànliàn fāngfǎ jiànxiào tài màn 。yào zuò duōshao ge yǎngwòqǐzuò cáinéng liànchū liù kuài fùjī a ？
This is a classic ``sour grapes" attitude. That kind of muscle is sculpted. Besides, your exercise method takes too long to get results. How many sit-ups do you need to do to get a six-pack?
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锻炼又不是只有在健身房才能做。我每天系统性地做仰卧起坐、俯卧撑、 引体向上来塑造肌肉、保持体形。你看，效果真的不错！
duànliàn yòu bù shì zhǐyǒu zài jiànshēnfáng cáinéng zuò 。wǒ měitiān xìtǒngxìng de zuò yǎngwòqǐzuò 、fǔwòchēng 、 yǐntǐxiàngshàng lái sùzào jīròu 、bǎochí tǐxíng 。nǐ kàn ，xiàoguǒ zhēnde bùcuò ！
It's not like the gym is the only place you can exercise. Every day I systematically do sit-ups, push-ups, and chin-ups in order to tone my muscles and stay in shape. Look, the effects are not bad!
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