ChinesePod

1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
2 many twists and turns to a story
3 one thing after another

一碗水端平

yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng

1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
2 fig. to be impartial

一醉方休

yī zuì fāng xiū

1 to get thoroughly drunk (idiom)
2 to get plastered

一马平川

yī mǎ píng chuān

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

不以规矩，不能成方圆

bù yǐ guī ju , bù néng chéng fāng yuán

1 without rules, nothing can be done (idiom, from Mencius); one must follow some rules

Sample Sentences

粤港澳大湾区面积达五点六万平方公里，覆盖人口达六千七百九十五万。香港、澳门和珠三角九市二零一七年经济总量达到十万亿人民币，是中国综合实力最强开放程度最高、经济最具活力的地区之一。

Yuègǎngàodàwānqū miànjī dá wǔ diǎn liù wàn píngfānggōnglǐ ，fùgài rénkǒu dá liù qiān qī bǎi jiǔ shí wǔ wàn 。Xiānggǎng 、àomén hé zhūsānjiǎo jiǔ shì èrlíngyīqī nián jīngjì zǒngliàng dádào shíwàn yì rénmínbì ，shì zhōngguó zōnghé shílì zuìqiáng kāifàng chéngdù zuìgāo 、jīngjì zuì jù huólì de dìqū zhīyī 。

The GBA covers an area of 560,000 square kilometers and a total population of nearly 68 million. In 2017 their combined economic output was 10 trillion yuan. It is one of the regions with the strongest comprehensive strength, the highest degree of openness and the most dynamic economy in China.

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嗯，好吧，帅气满分，自恋满分的平方。

ng4 ，hǎoba ，shuài qì mǎnfēn ，zìliàn mǎnfēn de píngfāng 。

Eh... I guess. Full marks for handsomeness, squared with full marks for vanity.

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您可真有眼光，这套房八十平方，两卧一厨一卫一阳台，家具家电都配齐了，您如果租的话拎包入住就可以了。

nín kě zhēn yǒu yǎnguāng ，zhè tào fáng bāshí píngfāng ，liǎng wò yī chú yī wèi yī yángtái ，jiājù jiā diàn dōu pèiqí le ，nín rúguǒ zū dehuà līnbāorùzhù jiù kěyǐ le 。

You really have quite the eye. That apartment is eighty square meters, with two bedrooms, a kitchen, a bathroom and a balcony. The furniture and the appliances are all included. If you rent it you can move right in.

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六十平方米、六十平方公尺

liùshí píngfāngmǐ 、liùshí píngfāng gōngchǐ

six meters squared

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尼罗河也被称为世界第一长河。全长6670公里。流经坦桑尼亚、卢旺达、乌干达、埃塞俄比亚、苏丹和埃及等国，穿过世界上面积最大的撒哈拉沙漠，最后流入地中海。流域面积为335万平方公里，相当于非洲大陆面积的九分之一。

Níluóhé yě bèichēngwéi shìjiè dì yī chánghé 。quán cháng liùqiānliùbǎiqīshí gōngli 。liújīng Tǎnsāngníyà 、Lúwàngdá 、Wūgāndá 、āisài ébǐyà 、Sūdān hé āijí děng guó ，chuānguò shìjiè shàng miànjī zuìdà de Sāhālāshāmò ，zuìhòu liúrù Dìzhōnghǎi 。liúyùmiànjī wéi sānbǎisānshíwǔ wàn píngfāng gōngli ，xiāngdāngyú fēizhōu dàlù miànjī de jiǔfēnzhīyī 。

The Nile has also been called the world's longest river, at some 6670 kilometers in length. It flows through the countries of Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, passing through the Sahara Desert - the largest by area in the world, and finally flowing into the Mediterranean Sea. Its watershed covers 3,350,000 square kilometers, equal to 1/9th of the surface of the African Continent.

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平方公里

píngfāng gōnglǐ

square kilometers

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平方厘米

píngfāng límǐ

square centimeter

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平方米

píngfāngmǐ

square meter

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二的平方。

èr de píngfāng 。

Two squared.

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就是，火化了也要埋，而且墓地一平方要好几万呢！等我死了，你把我的骨灰摆在家里供着好了。

jiùshì ，huǒhuà le yě yào mái ，érqiě mùdì yī píngfāng yào hǎojǐ wàn ne ！děng wǒ sǐ le ，nǐ bǎ wǒ de gǔhuī bǎi zài jiālǐ gòng zhe hǎo le 。

True, you still do bury after cremation. Also, one meter of a grave site is tens of thousands of yuan! When I die, just keep my ashes in the house and honor me there.

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