地铁 (地鐵)
dì tiě
Pinyin
Definition
地铁 (地鐵)
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- subway
- metro
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
- 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
- 2 a crushing defeat
- 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
上天入地
- 1 lit. to go up to heaven or down to Hades (idiom)
- 2 fig. to go to great lengths
- 3 to search heaven and earth
上天无路,入地无门
- 1 lit. there is no road to the sky, nor door into the earth (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be at the end of one's rope
- 3 to be trapped in a hopeless situation
五体投地
- 1 to prostrate oneself in admiration (idiom); to adulate sb
Sample Sentences
可是我觉得O-bike这种共享经济很好啊!完全解决我出地铁站之后,到公司最后这一段路,没有公交车又拦不到出租车的困境。
But I think sharing economy initiatives like O-bike are great! It's completely resolved the problem I have when I come out of the subway station and there's still a distance to the company without any buses and being unable to catch a taxi.
这我有同感,我上次去美国,有个小孩儿从我和货架中间通过,他还认认真真地跟我说不好意思呢!在中国地铁里,脸贴脸都见怪不怪了。
I have the same feeling. The last time I was in the US, a little child passed between me and a shelf of goods, and he said excuse me in a really earnest way! When I'm on the subway in China, everyone's already gotten used to people's faces pressing against each other.
每个文化的空间意识真是有所不同,中国别说地铁了,就是假期去郊外,也都是挤得像沙丁鱼一样,完全不留空间给人啊!
Every culture has a different sense of personal space. With China, it's not just the subway, if you go to the outskirts on holidays, it's as packed as a tin of sardines, they really don't leave any personal space for anyone!
你还真的落伍了,现在没有人在电视上看连续剧了,大家都用手机或平板追剧,一次看好几集,公车、地铁上随时随地都能看。
Then you're really behind the times, no-one watches series on TV anymore, everyone uses their mobile phone or tablet to follow dramas, and they watch a bunch of episodes in one go, and watch them anywhere at anytime, on the bus and on the MRT.
欧洲常常出现罢工,我去年去法国也遇到地铁罢工。
There are often strikes in Europe. My trip to France last year coincided with the metro strike.
这个我有体会,现在城市的公交车遍布各个角落,班次也排得满满的,到哪都能公交出行,还有几条地铁线也开通了,生活确实方便了很多。
I've had experience of that, now the city has public transport spread through every corner, and the schedules are really packed, you can go anywhere by public transport, and even some subway lines have now opened, so life is a lot more convenient.
可是咱们的夜生活什么时候结束,完全取决于地铁何时停运呀。
However our nightlife is restricted to the time at which the metro station closes.
我昨天早上八点在搭地铁。
I was taking the subway at eight o’clock yesterday morning.
在地铁站里,一发现可疑的人,就要马上告诉警察。
In the subway, as soon as you see someone suspicious, let the police know immediately.
二零一六年年底,北京地铁平谷线开工,预计在二零二零年竣工。
At the end of 2016, the Beijing Metro Pinggu Line construction began and is expected to be completed in 2020.