光棍
guāng gùn
Pinyin

Definition

光棍
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guāng gùn
  1. gangster
  2. hoodlum
  3. a single person
  4. bachelor

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

光
guāng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 ray
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào
  4. 4 bright
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 merely
  7. 7 to use up
光明
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
光荣
guāng róng
  1. 1 honor and glory
  2. 2 glorious
光临
guāng lín
  1. 1 (formal) to honor with one's presence
  2. 2 to attend
光芒
guāng máng
  1. 1 rays of light
  2. 2 brilliant rays
  3. 3 radiance

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. free time is to be treasured
一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
光前裕后
guāng qián yù hòu
  1. 1 to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations (idiom)
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright

Sample Sentences

有你说的这么夸张吗？不过话说回来，马云还真是有头脑，楞是把一个网上戏谑的光棍节变成一个全民购物的狂欢节。一天的线上营销额能达到几百亿人民币，真是不可思议啊。
yǒu nǐshuōde zhème kuāzhāng ma ？bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，mǎ yún hái zhēn shì yǒu tóunǎo ，lèng shì bǎ yī gè wǎngshàng xìxuè de guānggùn jié biànchéng yī gè quánmín gòuwù de kuánghuān jié 。yītiān de xiàn shàng yíngxiāo é néng dádào jǐ bǎi yì rénmínbì ，zhēn shì bùkěsīyì ā 。
Surely it's not as over the top as you put it out to be. Saying that, Ma Yun really is smart, he made a bogus holiday that was created online into a national shopping festival. The profits from one day alone can reach hundreds of millions RNB. It's really incredible.
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今年光棍节淘宝的业绩超过了三百亿。
jīnnián guānggùnjié Táobǎo de yèjì chāoguò le sānbǎi yì 。
This year on Chinese Singles' Day Taobao's performance surpassed 30 billion.
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前不久是十一月十一号，是中国的光棍节。
qiánbùjiǔ shì shí yī yuè shí yī hào ，shì Zhōngguó de guānggùnjié 。
Not long ago, it was the 11th of November. It was Chinese Singles' Day.
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其实很多人在光棍节结婚的。
qíshí hěn duō rén zài guānggùnjié jiéhūn de 。
Actually a lot of people get married on Single's Day.
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超级光棍节
chāojí guānggùnjié
Super Single's Day.
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老宅着也没劲，今天是光棍节，一起喝酒去。
lǎo zhái zhe yě méijìn ，jīntiān shì guānggùnjié ，yīqǐ hējiǔ qù 。
Staying in all the time is boring. Today is Bachelor's Day. Let's go out for drinks.
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哎，四个光棍儿一起过光棍节。郁闷！
ài ，sì ge guānggùnr yīqǐ guò guānggùnjié 。yùmèn ！
Agh, four bachelors celebrating Bachelor's Day together. Depressing!
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哎，别提了，我现在又是光棍儿了！
ài ，bié tí le ，wǒ xiànzài yòu shì guānggùnr le ！
Ah, don't bring it up. I'm a bachelor again!
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广告都是骗人的。这个地铁不知道什么时候才能造好呢！而且我光棍儿一条，不用考虑这个事情。
guǎnggào dōu shì piànrén de 。zhè ge dìtiě bù zhīdào shénme shíhou cáinéng zàohǎo ne ！érqiě wǒ guānggùnr yī tiáo ，bùyòng kǎolǜ zhè ge shìqing 。
Ads are just lies. Who knows when this metro line will be finished?! Anyway, I'm single. I don't need to think about this stuff.
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