在
zài
Pinyin
Definition
在
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- (located) at
- (to be) in
- to exist
- in the middle of doing sth
- (indicating an action in progress)
Character Decomposition
Compounds (1)
- 1 stubble land after crop has been taken
- 2 a second crop obtained by rotation of land
- 3 an opportunity
Idioms (20)
一年之计在于春
- 1 the whole year must be planned for in the spring (idiom)
- 2 early planning is the key to success
一日之计在于晨
- 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
- 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
不听老人言,吃亏在眼前
- 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不要在一棵树上吊死
- 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
- 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat
事在人为
- 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
- 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
Sample Sentences
媳妇儿啊,看看我们的小宝贝儿,这脸蛋儿多可爱!但他自个儿在这儿玩儿,好像有点儿孤单。我们再生个孩子,给他做个伴儿吧!
My dear, look at our little baby, what a cute face! But he’s playing here by himself, and he seems a little lonely. Let’s have another baby to keep him company!
现在很多学生,上课的时候不是在打盹儿,就是在和哥们儿聊天儿,没几个好好儿听课、把老师当回事儿的。老师们看了,很不是滋味儿。
Nowadays many students either take naps in class, or chat with their friends. Few of them would listen to the class carefully and take the teacher seriously. The teachers saw and felt sad about it.
明儿你就给我出门儿去找工作,别成天赖在家里。没个正经工作,我看你上哪儿找媳妇儿!
Tomorrow You’re gonna go out and get a job. Don’t stay home all day. If you don’t have a serious job, I’ll see where you can find a wife!
在我们厂里,所有产品都会经过测试跟抽检。
At our factory, all our products will be tested and spot checked.
看在我们第一次合作的份上,可以给您这个价钱。
For the sake of our first cooperation, I could offer you a price like this.
差不多先生的名字,天天挂在大家的口头,因为他是中国全国人的代表。
Every day, Mr. Chabuduo's name is uttered by countless people to the extent that he has come to represent the entire population of China.
他在学堂的时候,先生问他:“直隶省的西边是哪一省?”他说是陕西。
Once, while attending school, a teacher asked him which province was located on the western border of Hebei. He said it was Shaanxi.
后来他在一个钱铺里做伙计;他也会写,也会算,只是总不会精细。
Afterwards, he worked in a bank. Although he is capable of both writing and doing math – he was never careful.
我还在路上。有可能晚点到。
I'm still on the road. I might arrive a little biit late.
别客气!做生意不重要,做朋友才实在,对吧?
It's ok! Doing business is not important as making friends. Right?