十四
shí sì
Pinyin
Definition
十四
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- fourteen
- 14
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
嗯,二十四小时不停机吗?
Do they work around the clock?
十四日披露的最新数据显示,尽管部分指标短期波动,但生产需求平稳,就业物价稳定,中国经济延续稳中向好。
... The latest data disclosed on the 14th shows that although some indicators fluctuate in the short term, production demand is stable, employment prices are stable, and the Chinese economy continues to be stable.
今天,是一个值得世界人民永远纪念的日子。七十年前的今天,中国人民经过长达十四年艰苦卓绝的斗争,取得了中国人民抗日战争的伟大胜利,宣告了世界反法西斯战争的完全胜利,和平的阳光再次普照大地
Today is a day worth remembering forever for people around the world. Seventy years ago today, the Chinese people, after persisting through fourteen long years of the trials of war, won a great victory in the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and announced an absolute victory in the World Anti-Fascist War, and the peaceful light of the sun fell once again upon the continent.
那,人也不可能二十四小时地捧着手机呀,不能秒回也是情有可原的吧。
People don't always have their mobile phones to hand twenty-four seven, if they can't reply within seconds then you can forgive them for it, no?
没错,理想化的说法是,如果真爱你就是二十四小时都有空,东南西北中都顺路。如果不秒回,至少得在一天之中给个回复吧,一通消息出去十天半个月才回复,那就别自欺欺人了,飞鸽传书都比这速度快。
That's right, in an ideal world, if he really loves you he'd have time for you twenty-four seven, and everything would always go your way. If he doesn't reply within seconds, he should at least reply that day. If you send a message and he doesn't reply for 10 days or a fortnight, then you shouldn't keep fooling yourself, you'd be quicker with a carrier pigeon.
说得得倒是轻巧,听着感觉毫不费力,增加每天的学习时间就算了,二十四个小时都已经不够用了,提高效率倒是可行,说说,怎么提高效率?
It's easy to say, like it is that simple. I can forget adding time to the amount of study time each day, as 24 hours a day is already insufficient. Raising efficiency sounds realizable, however, tell me, how do you raise efficiency?
因日圆汇率狂飙,连带拖累日经指数,18日以低盘一万六千八百八十三点开出后,指数跌幅一路扩大、盘势一度大跌超过两百八十点,终场跌了一点二五百分比,收在一万六千七百二十四点八一点。
The surge in the Japanese yen has gone on to affect the Nikkei 225 stock market index. After opening low on the 18th at 16,883 points, the decline has continued, with the board going on to lose over 280 points, down 1.25 percentage points by end of trade, finishing at 16,724.81 points.
嗯,有点缘分,这么说春晚已经举办了三十四届了,持续时间够长的啊。
Uh-huh, I guess there is a bit of a connection. If that's the case the show is thirty four years old, that's a long time for a show.
玛乔丽·斯通曼·道格拉斯高中枪击案有十七人死亡,十四人受伤,成为美国历史上死伤最严重的高中枪击事件。
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting resulted in seventeen dead and fourteen injured, making this the deadliest shooting at a high school in United States history.
值班、值班,每天都值班,我照顾小孩也是一天二十四小时都在值班啊。
Work, work, every day it is work, I have to work 24 hours a day looking after the kid.