偶尔 (偶爾)
ǒu ěr
Pinyin

Definition

偶尔 (偶爾)
 - 
ǒu ěr
  1. occasionally
  2. once in a while
  3. sometimes

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

偶像
ǒu xiàng
  1. 1 idol
偶然
ǒu rán
  1. 1 incidentally
  2. 2 occasional
  3. 3 occasionally
  4. 4 by chance
  5. 5 randomly
偶尔
ǒu ěr
  1. 1 occasionally
  2. 2 once in a while
  3. 3 sometimes
偶遇
ǒu yù
  1. 1 a chance encounter
  2. 2 to meet accidentally
偶
ǒu
  1. 1 accidental
  2. 2 image
  3. 3 pair
  4. 4 mate

Idioms (4)

偶一为之
ǒu yī wéi zhī
  1. 1 to do sth once in a while (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth more as an exception than the rule
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
无独有偶
wú dú yǒu ǒu
  1. 1 not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence
  2. 2 it's not the only case
齐大非偶
qí dà fēi ǒu
  1. 1 too rich to be a good match (in marriage) (idiom)

Sample Sentences

其实我偶尔不回。
qíshí wǒ ǒuěr bù huí 。
Actually, I sometimes ignored his messages as well.
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听起来确实有点糟糕。遇到麻烦了，偶尔找知己好友在家里抱怨一下，这是舒缓情绪的好方法。可是如果不管对谁，不管在哪儿，都喜欢抱怨，那就太糟糕了。
tīng qǐlai quèshí yǒudiǎnr zāogāo 。yùdào máfan le ，ǒuěr zhǎo zhījǐ hǎoyǒu zài jiālǐ bàoyuàn yīxià ，zhè shì shūhuǎn qíngxù de hǎo fāngfǎ 。kěshì rúguǒ bùguǎn duì shéi ，bùguǎn zài nǎr ，dōu xǐhuan bàoyuàn ，nā jiù tài zāogāo le 。
It sounds really awful. When you come up against difficulties, you can complain to your friends at home every so often, that's a good way to alleviate your mood. However, those people who like to complain, no matter to whom, no matter where, are really awful.
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秋老虎是指秋天偶尔出现的干燥又炎热的天气，热到仿佛是有老虎咬你一样。
qiū lǎohǔ shìzhǐ qiūtiān ǒuěr chūxiàn de gānzào yòu yánrè de tiānqì ，rè dào fǎngfú shì yǒu lǎohǔ yǎo nǐ yīyàng 。
An Autumn tiger refers to the spells of hot dry weather that sometime occur in Autumn. It's so hot that it seems like a tiger has bitten you.
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我偶尔出差。
wǒ ǒuěr chūchāi 。
I sometimes go on business trips.
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别马不停蹄地一直工作，偶尔休息一下也是好的。
bié mǎbùtíngtí de yīzhí gōngzuò ，ǒuěr xiūxi yīxià yě shì hǎo de 。
Don’t work without resting all the time. Taking a rest sometimes is good, too.
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说常常也太夸张，我顶多偶尔会睡吧。
shuō chángcháng yě tài kuāzhāng ，wǒ dǐngduō ǒuěr huì shuì ba 。
Saying often is a bit much, at most I occasionally fall asleep.
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其实我已经没有那么想你了，只是偶尔，很偶尔的，会在夜深人静时想起你，想我们在一起的时光。
qíshí wǒ yǐjīng méiyǒu nàme xiǎng nǐ le ，zhǐshì ǒuěr ，hěn ǒuěr de ，huì zài yèshēnrénjìng shí xiǎng qǐ nǐ ，xiǎng wǒmen zàiyìqǐ de shíguāng 。
Actually I don't miss you so much anymore, only once in a while, quite rarely. Sometimes in the quiet of the early hours I'll think of you and think back on the time we spent together.
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我觉得偶尔为之不算是病症，顶多是种坏习惯吧。
wǒ juéde ǒuěrwéizhī bùsuànshì bìngzhèng ，dǐngduō shì zhǒng huàixíguàn ba 。
I think that kind of thing every once and a while doesn't count, at most it is a bad habit.
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偶尔。我是做电子商务的。这是我的名片。
ǒuěr 。wǒ shì zuò diànzǐ shāngwù de 。zhè shì wǒ de míngpiàn 。
Occasionally. I work in e-commerce. Here's my card.
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嗯，面包会有的，爱情也会有的。我就是偶尔发发牢骚。不说了，我上网打会儿游戏。
ng4 ，miànbāo huì yǒu de ，àiqíng yě huì yǒu de 。wǒ jiùshì ǒu\'ěr fā fa láosāo 。bù shuō le ，wǒ shàngwǎng dǎ huǐr yóuxì 。
Yeah, there'll be food on the table and love will come too. I just like to complain from time to time. Anyway, I'm going to go online and play games for a while.
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