容纳 (容納)
róng nà
Pinyin
Definition
容纳 (容納)
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- to hold
- to contain
- to accommodate
- to tolerate (different opinions)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (13)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
来得容易,去得快
- 1 Easy come, easy go. (idiom)
天理难容
- 1 Heaven cannot tolerate this (idiom)
- 2 intolerable behavior
容光焕发
- 1 face glowing (idiom); looking radiant
- 2 all smiles
容华绝代
- 1 to be blessed with rare and radiant beauty (idiom)
Sample Sentences
哪儿有那么容易。中国有8亿农民,城市能提供多少工作岗位?现在才1亿多农民工城市都容纳不了,治安问题,住房问题,医疗问题,孩子上学高考问题,一大堆问题。
It's not that easy. There are 800 million farmers in China. How many jobs can the cities provide for them? Nowadays the cities can't absorb even 100 million workers. There are policing issues, housing issues, medical treatment issues, issues with children going to school and taking the gaokao. There are a ton of issues.
真大!可以容纳好几百人吧?
It's huge! It can hold hundreds of people, huh?