北美
Běi měi
Pinyin

Definition

北美
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Běi měi
  1. North America

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

北京
Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
精美
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
美
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
美人
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
北叟失马
běi sǒu shī mǎ
  1. 1 lit. the old man lost his horse, but it all turned out for the best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a blessing in disguise
  3. 3 it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)

Sample Sentences

据说《谍影重重3》和《虎胆龙威4》在北美上映时，都曾稳居票房榜首，但在中国却因为遭遇《色，戒》而暗淡了不少。
jùshuō 《Diéyǐngchóngchóng sān 》hé 《Hǔdǎnlóngwēi sì 》zài běiměi shàngyìng shí ，dōu céng wěnjū piàofáng bǎngshǒu ，dàn zài Zhōngguó què yīnwèi zāoyù 《Sè jiè 》ér àndàn le bùshǎo 。
I heard that when ''The Bourne Supremacy" and ''Die Hard 4" came out in North America, they were firmly at the top of the box office charts. But in China they were not as well received because ''Lust, Caution" was also released.
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有一些北美的朋友。
yǒu yīxiē Běiměi de péngyou 。
There are a few North American friends.
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是啊，海尔是最早进军国际，也是最成功的中国企业之一。他们的小家电在欧洲和北美已经占有可观的市场份额。去年的《财富500强》 ，中国就有15家企业上榜。以前大家总认为中国是超级世界工厂，但是现在，中国企业的自身发展也相当迅速。
shì a ，hǎi ěr shì zuì zǎo jìnjūn guójì ，yě shì zuì chénggōng de Zhōngguó qǐyè zhīyī 。tāmen de xiǎo jiādiàn zài Ōuzhōu hé Běiměi yǐjīng zhànyǒu kěguān de shìchǎng fèn é 。qùnián de 《cáifù 》 ，Zhōngguó jiù yǒu shí wǔ jiā qǐyè shàng bǎng 。yǐqián dàjiā zǒng rènwéi Zhōngguó shì chāojí shìjiègōngchǎng ，dànshì xiànzài ，Zhōngguó qǐyè de zìshēn fāzhǎn yě xiāngdāng xùnsù 。
Yeah. Haier was the earliest to march into the international market. And it's one of the most successful Chinese companies. Their small home electronics already occupy a significant portion of the European and North American markets. Last year, fifteen Chinese companies were listed on the Fortune 500. In the past, everyone thought that China was the super world market. But now, Chinese companies' natural development is also remarkably fast.
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