同胞
tóng bāo
Pinyin

Definition

同胞
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tóng bāo
  1. born of the same parents
  2. sibling
  3. fellow citizen
  4. compatriot

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不同
bù tóng
  1. 1 different
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 not the same
  4. 4 not alike
同
tóng
  1. 1 (used in given names)
  2. 2 variant: 同 tóng
共同
gòng tóng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 joint
  3. 3 jointly
  4. 4 together
  5. 5 collaborative
同事
tóng shì
  1. 1 colleague
  2. 2 co-worker
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 位 wèi
同学
tóng xué
  1. 1 to study at the same school
  2. 2 fellow student
  3. 3 classmate
  4. 4 classifier: 位 wèi
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一掬同情之泪
yī jū tóng qíng zhī lèi
  1. 1 to shed tears of sympathy (idiom)
一视同仁
yī shì tóng rén
  1. 1 to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people
三马同槽
sān mǎ tóng cáo
  1. 1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不同凡响
bù tóng fán xiǎng
  1. 1 lit. not a common chord (idiom); outstanding
  2. 2 brilliant
  3. 3 out of the common run

Sample Sentences

鲁迅当年弃医从文，就是觉得精神的麻木比身体的病痛更可怕。他想通过自己的笔唤醒同胞。
Lǔ Xùn dāngnián qìyīcóngwén ，jiùshì juéde jīngshén de mámù bǐ shēntǐ de bìngtòng gèng kěpà 。tā xiǎng tōngguò zìjǐ de bǐ huànxǐng tóngbāo 。
Lu Hsun gave up medicine for literature. He thought that spiritual numbness was even more terrifying than physical pain. He wanted to use his pen to wake up his countrymen.
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全国同胞们尊敬的各位国家元首、政府首脑和联合国等国际组织代表，尊敬的各位来宾，全体受阅将士们女士们、先生们，同志们朋友们：
quánguó tóngbāo men zūnjìng de gèwèi guójiā yuánshǒu 、zhèngfǔ shǒunǎo hé Liánhéguó děng guójìzǔzhī dàibiǎo ，zūnjìng de gèwèi láibīn ，quántǐ shòu yuè jiàngshì men nǚshìmen 、xiānshēngmen ，tóngzhì men péngyǒumen ：
Comrades from around the country, venerable international leaders, heads of governments and representatives of international organizations such as the UN, honorable guests, soldiers and officers due to be inspected, ladies, gentlemen, comrades and friends:
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二来什么呀？我就是为女同胞鸣不平，出轨就是没有责任没有担当的表现，就应该被唾沫星子淹死！
èrlái shénme ya ？wǒ jiùshì wèi nǚ tóngbāo míng bùpíng ，chūguǐ jiùshì méiyǒu zérèn méiyǒu dāndāng de biǎoxiàn ，jiù yīnggāi bèi tuòmòxīngzi yānsǐ ！
Secondly what? I'm just calling out injustice for my fellow womankind. Cheating is a really irresponsible behavior, which shows no sense of duty. They should be drowned when their mouths water with lust!
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这也是将来营销的一种趋势吧。马云就是提前看到了这种趋势，从十几年前开始就经营淘宝网，在全国女同胞的支持下，成为了中国首富。
zhè yě shì jiānglái yíngxiāo de yīzhǒng qūshì ba 。Mǎyún jiùshì tíqián kàndào le zhèzhǒng qūshì ，cóng shíjǐ nián qián kāishǐ jiù jīngyíng Táobǎo wǎng ，zài quánguó nǚ tóngbāo de zhīchí xià ，chéngwéi le Zhōngguó shǒufù 。
This is becoming THE trend for retail, I guess. Ma Yun saw this trend ahead of others. He started developing Tao Bao tens of years ago. With the support of female compatriots across China, he has become the richest man in China.
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不说了，我得赶紧请假去，回去管着我家那位女同胞。
bù shuō le ，wǒ de gǎnjǐn qǐngjià qù ，huíqu guǎn zhe wǒjiā nà wèi nǚ tóngbāo 。
I'm shutting up now, I need to hurry up and ask for some leave so I can go home and look after MY female compatriot.
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