姚明
Yáo Míng
Pinyin

Definition

姚明
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Yáo Míng
  1. Yao Ming (1980-), retired Chinese basketball player, played for CBA Shanghai Sharks 1997-2002 and for NBA Houston Rockets 2002-2011

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
明明
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
三明治
sān míng zhì
  1. 1 sandwich (loanword)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
  1. 1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我喜欢火箭队应该是从2002年开始的吧，那一年姚明以状元身份加盟火箭队，后来我就一直关注这支球队，慢慢地就成了火箭队的球迷。
wǒ xǐhuan Huǒjiànduì yīnggāi shì cóng èr líng líng èr nián kāishǐ de ba ，nà yī nián Yáo Míng yǐ zhuàngyuán shēnfèn jiāméng Huǒjiànduì ，hòulái wǒ jiù yīzhí guānzhù zhè zhī qiúduì ，mànmàn de jiù chéng le Huǒjiànduì de qiúmí 。
I must have started liking the Rockets back in 2002. It was in that year that Yao Ming joined the Rockets as a first pick. From then on I have continued to follow the team and gradually I became a fan.
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姚明虽然已经退役好几年了，但我心里也还是一直把火箭队当成母队来看，我想有很多中国球迷有着跟我们一样的火箭情怀，他开启了火箭队的整个中国市场。
Yáo Míng suīrán yǐjīng tuìyì hǎojǐ nián le ，dàn wǒ xīnli yě hái shì yīzhí bǎ Huǒjiànduì dàngchéng mǔ duì láikàn ，wǒ xiǎng yǒu hěn duō Zhōngguó qiúmí yǒuzhe gēn wǒmen yīyàng de Huǒjiàn qínghuái ，tā kāi qǐ le Huǒjiànduì de zhěnggè zhōngguóshìchǎng 。
Although Yao Ming retired several years ago, I've always seen the Rockets as my home team. I think that a lot of Chinese basketball fans have an attachment to the Rockets, as he launched the entire Chinese market for the Rockets.
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是啊，他比姚明刚去NBA的表现好多了。姚明刚去火箭的时候，不是摔跤就是犯规，一场球忙了半天，最后还是竹篮打水一场空。
shì ā ，tā bǐ Yáo Míng gāng qù NBAde biǎoxiàn hǎo duō le 。Yáo Míng gāng qù Huǒjiàn de shíhou ，bù shì shuāijiāo jiùshì fànguī ，yī chǎng qiú máng le bàntiān ，zuìhòu háishì zhúlán dǎshuǐ yīchǎngkōng 。
Yeah. He's doing a lot better than Yao Ming did when he first went to the NBA. When he first went to play for the Rockets, Yao Ming was always either stumbling or making fouls. He was always running around, but it was like carrying water in a bamboo basket-- totally pointless.
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姚明有两米来高。
Yáo Míng yǒu liǎng mǐ lái gāo 。
Yao Ming is a bit more than two meters tall.
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如果你很喜欢篮球，可能会以姚明为榜样。
rúguǒ nǐ hěn xǐhuan lánqiú ，kěnéng huì yǐ Yáo Míng wéi bǎngyàng 。
If you like basketball, maybe you have Yao Ming as a model.
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姚明到哪里都鹤立鸡群。
Yáo Míng dào nǎli dōu hèlìjīqún 。
Yao Ming stands out from the crowd wherever he goes.
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姚明
Yáo Míng
Yao Ming.
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形容词吧！游戏很给力，这球踢得真给力，姚明的左脚不给力，都是形容词。
xíngróngcí ba ！yóuxì hěn gěilì ，zhè qiú tī de zhēn gěilì ，Yáo Míng de zuǒjiǎo bù gěilì ，dōu shì xíngróngcí 。
An adjective! This game is really 'geili', that goal was really 'geili', Yao Ming's left foot is so not 'geili'. They're all adjectives.
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咳，有没有姚明一个样。篮板和助攻都不行。
hài ，yǒumeiyǒu Yáo Míng yīgeyàng 。lánbǎn hé zhùgōng dōu bù xíng 。
Hmph, Yao Ming doesn't make a difference. They're no good at rebounds or assists.
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姚明上了吗？
Yáo Míng shàng le ma ？
Did Yao Ming play?
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