凹凸不平
āo tū bù píng
Pinyin
Definition
凹凸不平
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- uneven (surface)
- bumpy (road)
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
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
Sample Sentences
哎,我觉得新天地这种利用上海的老式石库门建筑来构造的娱乐场所,虽然很有特色,但却少了石库门作为一种民居而包含的人文情怀。不过那些斑驳的墙,生锈的栅栏,黑漆的木门,磨去油漆的石柱,凹凸不平的路面,还是能让人体会到一些石库门弄堂的沧桑的。
Oh, I think that though it's very distinctive, architecture like Xin Tian Di that uses old-style shikumen to create entertainment venues loses some of the spirit of humanity that comes from having people living in a place. But those mottled walls, rusty railings, black-lacquered wooden doors, black-painted stone pillars and uneven roads still give you a sense of the big changes in the shikumen.