十二
shí èr
Pinyin
Definition
十二
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- twelve
- 12
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
一干二净
- 1 thoroughly (idiom)
- 2 completely
- 3 one and all
- 4 very clean
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一分为二
- 1 one divides into two
- 2 to be two-sided
- 3 there are two sides to everything
- 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
Sample Sentences
现在已经深夜十二点了,他还在工作。
It’s now midnight, yet he’s still at work.
水星的大气层究竟有多稀薄呢?它只有地球大气层密度的百分之十二。
How thin the layer of atmosphere is on Mercury? It is 12% of the atmosphere density on Earth.
官方数据显示,它创下二零零八年十二月以来最高纪录。
According to official data, it is the highest on record since December 2008.
七月十日,十二个小运动员和教练都安全的救出来了。真是失而复得啊!
On 10 July, all 12 boys and their coach were rescued from the cave. This is certainly a case of “lost and found” for their families!
我在网上浏览新闻,看有没有关于泰国一位足球教练带领十二个小运动员探险失踪的报道,这段时间我一直关注着。
I’m browsing the internet for news on the latest developments of a group of 12 boys and their football coach who had gone missing while on a training excursion to the Tham Luang cave in Thailand. I’ve been following closely this news recently.
现在中午十二点
It's now 12 noon.
又是你。十点来了、十一点来了、十二点来了。现在一点又来了。
You again. (You) came at 10 o’clock, 11 o’clock, and 12 o’clock. Now you came again at 1 PM.
十一月十一日,北京公交集团发出通告,按照上级关于国贸地区疏解整治的工作要求,从十二日起,原来从燕郊冶金一局通往八王坟西的八一一路,终点站改为通州北苑路口东。
On November 11th, the Beijing Public Transport Group issued a circular. In an attempt by the authorities to reduce the traffic around the international trade area, from the 12th, the original station from Yanjiao Metallurgical Bureau to Bayi Tomb West, Bayi 1st Road, the terminal Changed to Tongzhou Beiyuan Road East.
十二月
December