宇
yǔ
Pinyin
Definition
宇
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- room
- universe
Character Decomposition
Idioms (1)
琼楼玉宇
- 1 bejeweled jade palace (idiom); sumptuous dwelling
Sample Sentences
隔天他拖着疲惫的身躯去上班,晚上剩他一个人准备打烊的时候,女孩儿又来了。秦宇显得有点不知所措。
The next day, he dragged himself to work. When it was time to close the shop at night, the girl came again. QinYu looked like he didn't know what to do.
秦宇想知道是怎么回事,但没有女孩儿的联络方式也没办法问她,他甚至连女孩儿的名字都不知道。
QinYu wanted to know what is going on, but he couldn't ask the girl without her contact information, he didn't even know what the girl's name is.
秦宇终于松了一口气,原来是个乌龙,只是虚惊一场罢了。他趁机问了女孩儿的名字,聊了几句,原来女孩儿喜欢看话剧,同时也是个古董控,一个月前去了上海玩,在上海看了几场话剧,还去逛了一些跳蚤市场。秦宇原本想加她微信,但女孩儿说手机上周摔坏了,暂时没有手机可以用。于是他们直接约了隔天表演开场前的半小时在剧院门口碰面。
QinYu took a load off his mind. As it turned out that it's a mistake, merely a false alarm. He seized the opportunity and asked the girl's name, chatted for a while. In fact, the girl likes to watch stage drama, and she's a big fan of antique as well. Last month, she went to visit Shanghai, watched some play there, and visited some flea market. QinYu was thinking to add her on Wechat, but the girl said that she broke her phone last week, so she doesn't have a phone. Therefore, they decided to meet in front of the theatre half an hour before the play starts the next day.
隔天看完表演,秦宇送女孩儿回到家门口。那是一栋小公寓,女孩儿就住在一楼。
The next day, after the show, QinYu escorted the girl back to her place. It was a small apartment, and the girl was staying on the first floor.
她对秦宇说:”真的很开心,谢谢你今天陪我一块儿去看话剧。很高兴认识你,可惜这是我们最后一次见面了。”
"I'm glad and appreciate your accompany to watch the play today. It is very nice to know you, unfortunately this might be the last time to meet each other." She said to QinYu.
秦宇一头雾水,不懂她在说什么,问她:”为什么是最后一次见面?”
QinYu was confused. He couldn't understand what she was saying. He then asked, "Why is it the last time?"
秦宇走到旁边的窗户,往里看,想看个究竟。这一看,让他愣了半天都无法缓过来。
QinYu then walked to the window on the side and looked into it. He wanted to figure out what actually happened. He was taken aback by what he saw and he didn't recover from the shock until a long time had passed.
语毕,女孩儿转过身,朝着大门走了进去。但,大门一直是关着的,自始至终没有开过!可秦宇他是亲眼看见女孩儿从关着的大门穿过去消失的!
After that, the girl turned around and walked through the door. But the door had been closed right from the start! Yet QinYu saw with his own eyes that the girl walked through the door and disappeared.
屋内一张桌子上,放了一个大相框,框上系着两条黑绳,框里是女孩儿的头像照片儿。相框前点着两支白色的蜡烛,中间摆了一个秦宇他们店里的外卖咖啡杯。
In the room, there was a desk. On top of it was a picture frame with the girl's portrait, tied with two black ropes. There were two white candles lit up in front of the frame, and there was a coffee cup from QinYu's shop in between the candles.
后来秦宇向女孩儿的邻居们打听,才知道原来女孩儿7月31日在上海看完话剧表演后,在回酒店的路上被一个酒后驾车的司机撞上,当场身亡,香消玉陨了,而8月7日那天正好是女孩儿的头七。
Afterwards, QinYu asked the girl's neighbor. As it turned out, the girl got hit by a drunk driver on her way back to the hotel, right after she watched the play in Shanghai on 31st of July. She died at the scene. This pretty girl perished along with her fragrance. August 7th is the 7th day after her death.