小镇 (小鎮)
xiǎo zhèn
Pinyin
Definition
小镇 (小鎮)
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- small town
- village
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
上有老下有小
- 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
- 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
- 3 sandwich generation
不拘小节
- 1 to not bother about trifles (idiom)
以小人之心,度君子之腹
- 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
以小挤大
- 1 minor projects eclipse major ones (idiom)
升斗小民
- 1 poor people (idiom)
- 2 those who live from hand to mouth
Sample Sentences
说的对。那等逛完市区,我就带他去亲眼看看《碟中碟3》中西塘的美景吧,也让他好好体会下中国小镇老式建筑的特色!
You're right. Well, after we've strolled around downtown, I'll take him to see the beautiful scenery from ''Mission Impossible 3" with his own eyes, and let him experience for himself the distinctive old-style architecture of China's small towns!
还行,风景很不错,我特别喜欢欧洲古式建筑的风格,真是别有一番风情。可是到了国外后才发现,这里并不像有些人说的那样遍地都是黄金,有些小镇的生活也很朴实。