小卖部 (小賣部)
xiǎo mài bù
Pinyin

Definition

小卖部 (小賣部)
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xiǎo mài bù
  1. kiosk
  2. snack counter
  3. retail department or section inside a larger business

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

小
xiǎo
  1. 1 small
  2. 2 tiny
  3. 3 few
  4. 4 young
小小
xiǎo xiǎo
  1. 1 very small
  2. 2 very few
  3. 3 very minor
小时
xiǎo shí
  1. 1 hour
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
部
bù
  1. 1 ministry
  2. 2 department
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 part
  5. 5 division
  6. 6 troops
  7. 7 board
  8. 8 classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc
部分
bù fen
  1. 1 part
  2. 2 share
  3. 3 section
  4. 4 piece
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
bù jū xiǎo jié
  1. 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
yǐ xiǎo jǐ dà
  1. 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
shēng dǒu xiǎo mín
  1. 1 poor people (idiom)
  2. 2 those who live from hand to mouth

Sample Sentences

王强说：“吴国庆应该有个孩子，因为小卖部的阿姨回忆说吴国庆曾到她那里买过五张生日卡片，并说要一次性地补偿他儿子的全部生日。”
Wáng Qiáng shuō ：“Wú Guóqìng yīnggāi yǒu gè háizi ，yīnwèi xiǎomàibù de āyí huíyì shuō Wú Guóqìng céng dào tā nàlǐ mǎi guo wǔ zhāng shēngrì kǎpiàn ，bìng shuō yào yīcìxìng de bǔcháng tā érzi de quánbù shēngrì 。”
Wang Qiang said: “Wu Guoqing apparently also has a child. We know this because the woman who works at the small shop recalled that he had bought five birthday cards from her, saying he wanted to make up for all of his son’s birthdays at once.”
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