十八
shí bā
Pinyin
Definition
十八
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- eighteen
- 18
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
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)
一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳
- 1 bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy
一暴十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 short attention span
一曝十寒
- 1 one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp
- 2 sporadic effort
- 3 lack of sticking power
- 4 short attention span
Sample Sentences
十八日
eighteenth
只要能赚到钱,这钱我交,这个月我省点就行了,现在家里都盼着我能早点赚到钱,我一定要混出个样子来。(张铁柱从衣服内袋里掏出一个塑料袋,层层剥开,数出一沓小面值的钞票点给骗子),唉,这里是九十八块五,已经是我身上所有的钱了,来,你拿着,带我去厂里吧。
As long as I can earn money, I can hand over the deposit. I'll just have to economize a bit this month. My family are all looking to me to earn some money as soon as possible, so I should really make good on it. (Zhang Tiezhu fishes out a plastic bag from an inside pocket, unwraps it layer by layer, and counts out a wad of small face-value notes for the con man). Agh, Here's 98.50. That's all the money I have on me. Here, take it, bring me to the factory.
嗯,结果就是有一千七百四十万人同意英国脱离欧盟,占总投票人数的百分之五十一点九,不同意英国脱离欧盟的人数,占了总投票人数的百分之四十八点一,同意脱欧派以微弱的优势胜出。
Yeah, and in the end 17.4 million people voted for Brexit, accounting for 51.9% of voters. Those who didn't agree with a UK exit from the EU accounted for 48.1% of voters, giving Brexit a slim victory.
嘿,今天的NBA看了吗?金州勇士又赢球了,他们现在取得了开季十八连胜的战绩。
Hey, did you see the NBA today? The Golden State Warriors won again, they now have an 18-game winning streak.
这个赛季他很有可能打破雷阿伦保持的单季两百八十八个三分球的纪录,只要不出意外,今后所有关于三分球的纪录也必将由他改写。
This season he will likely break the record for three-pointers in a single season currently held by Ray Allen at 288. If nothing unexpected happens, all the records on three-pointers will have to be changed to his name.
六十八
sixty-eight
当地时间八月十八日,冰岛举行追悼会,纪念国内因气候变暖消失的第一座冰川。
On August 18th, local time, Iceland held a memorial service to commemorate the first glacier melting in the country due to climate change.