奥数 (奧數)
Ào Shù
Pinyin
Definition
奥数 (奧數)
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- International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO)
- abbr. for 國際奧林匹克數學競賽|国际奥林匹克数学竞赛[Guó jì Ào lín pǐ kè Shù xué Jìng sài]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (18)
一夕数惊
- 1 one scare after another (idiom)
- 2 in a constant state of tension
不计其数
- 1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless
- 2 innumerable
劫数难逃
- 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
如数家珍
- 1 lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be very familiar with a matter
寥寥可数
- 1 just a very few (idiom); tiny number
- 2 just a handful
- 3 not many at all
- 4 You count them on your fingers.
Sample Sentences
痛苦的回忆啊,暑假寒假有书法培训班、外语培训班、奥数培训班、小提琴培训班等等。
Painful memories, in summer and winter vacations we had calligraphy class, foreign language classes, International Mathematical Olympiad training class and violin class, and so on.
小学时候我们班就有三类人:“仙人”就是那种看各种高端怪书的奇葩(比如卡尔维诺的《宇宙奇趣全集》);“完人”这种人会跳舞会唱歌会主持节目会各种乐器,还奥数好英语好钢琴八级;还有一种人没啥当,只好当“井货”(横竖都是二)。
There were three kinds of people in my elementary school: the Merlin - nerds who read all kinds of wired high-end books (like Calvino’s Trolltech Universe Collection); the Paragon - the kids who could sing, dance, host games, play instruments, were good at all subjects, and could play piano like a professional; what was left were those kids who couldn’t be either, so they could only be “lol"s (It is lol either way).