埃及
Āi jí
Pinyin

Definition

埃及
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Āi jí
  1. Egypt

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

以及
yǐ jí
  1. 1 as well as
  2. 2 too
  3. 3 and
及
jí
  1. 1 and
  2. 2 to reach
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 in time for
来得及
lái de jí
  1. 1 there's still time
  2. 2 able to do sth in time
及时
jí shí
  1. 1 in time
  2. 2 promptly
  3. 3 without delay
  4. 4 timely
及格
jí gé
  1. 1 to pass an exam or a test
  2. 2 to meet a minimum standard

Idioms (20)

伤及无辜
shāng jí wú gū
  1. 1 to harm the innocent (idiom)
力所能及
lì suǒ néng jí
  1. 1 as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability
  2. 2 within one's powers
及时行乐
jí shí xíng lè
  1. 1 to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future
  2. 2 make merry while you can
  3. 3 carpe diem
及锋而试
jí fēng ér shì
  1. 1 lit. to reach the tip and try (idiom); to have a go when at one's peak
可望而不可及
kě wàng ér bù kě jí
  1. 1 in sight but unattainable (idiom)
  2. 2 inaccessible

Sample Sentences

当然是金字塔、木乃伊和狮身人面像了！你不会是想去埃及玩儿了吧？
dāngrán shì jīnzìtǎ 、mùnǎiyī hé shīshēnrénmiàn xiàngle ！nǐ bùhuì shì xiǎngqù āijí wánr le ba ？
Pyramids, mummies and and the Sphynx, of course！ Are you thinking of going on vacation in Egypt?
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说到古埃及，你会想到什么？
shuōdào gǔ Āijí ，nǐ huì xiǎngdào shénme ？
When someone mentions ''Ancient Egypt," what do you think of?
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嗯，有这个打算。古埃及的神秘早就吸引我了，真想去看看！
ng4 ，yǒu zhè ge dǎsuàn 。gǔ Āijí de shénmì zǎo jiù xīyǐn wǒ le ，zhēn xiǎng qù kànkan ！
Well, I have thought about it. I was attracted early on to the mysteries of ancient Egypt. I'd really like to go take a look!
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哎，你说是古埃及文明开始得早，还是华夏文明开始得早啊？
ai ，nǐ shuo shì gǔ āijí wénmíng kāishǐ de zǎo ，hái shì huáxiàwénmíng kāishǐ de zǎo a ？
Ah...which civilization do you think appeared first, Egyptian or Chinese?
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嗯。古埃及人可真厉害！最大的金字塔有140多米高，用了200多万块巨石，那时候没有起重机，你说，那些巨石是怎么弄上去的？
ng4 。gǔ āijí rén kě zhēn lìhai ！zuìdà de jīnzìtǎ yǒu yībǎi sìshí duō mǐ gāo ，yòng le èrbǎi duōwàn kuài jùshí ，nà shíhou méiyǒu qǐzhòngjī ，nǐ shuō ，nàxiē jùshí shì zěnme nòng shàngqu de ？
Hmm. The ancient Egyptians were really awesome! The tallest pyramid is 140 meters, and used 2 million huge pieces of stone. At that time there were no cranes. How do you think they got those stones up there?
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当然是古埃及文明早！金字塔4600多年前就有了！我们那时候还没建立国家呢！从炎帝黄帝算起，也要晚个一两千年吧。
dāngrán shì gǔ āijí wénmíng zǎo ！jīnzìtǎ sìqiān liùbǎi duōnián qián jiù yǒu le ！wǒmen nà shíhou hái méi jiànlì guójiā ne ！cóng yándì huángdì suànqǐ ，yě yào wǎn ge yīliǎngqiānnián ba 。
Egypt, of course! The pyramids were around 4600 years ago! At that time China was not even a country! Taking the Yellow Emperor as the starting point, China was still about one to two thousand years later.
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历史之父”希罗多德说是百万奴隶辛勤劳作30年的结果，大概跟我们修长城一样。金字塔还有很多神秘之处，什么地球和太阳的距离啊，建造的位置和角度啊，古埃及的建筑水平，真是不可思议！
lìshǐzhīfù ”Xīluóduōdé shuō shì bǎiwàn núlì xīnqín láozuò sānshí nián de jiéguǒ ，dàgài gēn wǒmen xiū chángchéng yíyàng 。jīnzìtǎ hái yǒu hěn duō shénmì zhīchù ，shénme dìqiú hé tàiyáng de jùlí a ，jiànzào de wèizhi hé jiǎodù a ，gǔ Āijí de jiànzhù shuǐpíng ，zhēnshì bùkěsīyì ！
Herodotus, ''the Father of History," says that it was the back-breaking work of a million slaves over a span of thirty years. That's about the same as our construction of the Great Wall of China.
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据说金字塔里还发现了一种草纸，上面有古埃及文字。哎，我一直以为纸是我们东汉的蔡伦发明的，没想到古埃及早就发明了纸。比我们早了近3000年！
jùshuō jīnzìtǎ lǐ hái fāxiàn le yīzhǒng cǎozhǐ ，shàngmian yǒu gǔ Āijí wénzì 。ai ，wǒ yīzhí yǐwéi zhǐ shì wǒmen dōnghàn de Cài lún fāmíng de ，méixiǎngdào gǔ Āijí zǎo jiù fāmíng le zhǐ 。bǐ wǒmen zǎo le jìn sānqiān nián ！
They say a kind of grass paper was discovered in the pyramids. It has Egyptian writing on it. Ah, I always thought paper was discovered by Cai Lun during China's Eastern Han dynasty. I had no idea that ancient Egypt had discovered paper so early. They had it 3000 years before us!
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还有木乃伊，四五千年前，古埃及人就会尸体防腐术了，他们的医学知识真是不可想象！
hái yǒu mùnǎiyī ，sìwǔqiānnián qián ，gǔ āijí rén jiù huì shītīfángfǔshù le ，tāmen de yīxuézhīshi zhēnshì bù kě xiǎngxiàng ！
And then there are the mummies. Four to five thousand years ago, ancient Egyptians had embalming techniques. Their medical knowledge was really beyond belief!
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看把你激动的！你要是埃及人，也不会觉得埃及神秘了！要说陵墓建筑，秦始皇兵马俑也很不可思议！
kàn bǎ nǐ jīdòng de ！nǐ yàoshì Āijí rén ，yěbùhuì juéde Āijí shénmì le ！yào shuō língmù jiànzhù ，Qínshǐhuáng bīngmǎyǒng yě hěn bùkěsīyì ！
Look how excited it's got you! If you were an Egyptian, you wouldn't think Egypt was so mysterious! If you want to talk about tombs, Qin Shihuang's terra cotta army is also pretty incredible!
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