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建造

jiàn zào

Pinyin

Definition

建造

jiàn zào

to construct
to build

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

创造

chuàng zào

1 to create
2 to bring about
3 to produce
4 to set (a record)

建立

jiàn lì

1 to establish
2 to set up
3 to found

建筑

jiàn zhù

1 to construct
2 building
3 classifier: 个 gè

建行

Jiàn háng

1 China Construction Bank (abbr.)

建设

jiàn shè

1 to build
2 to construct
3 construction
4 constructive

Idioms (12)

勤俭建国

qín jiǎn jiàn guó

1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)

向壁虚造

xiàng bì xū zào

1 facing a wall, an imaginary construction (idiom); baseless fabrication

天造地设

tiān zào dì shè

1 lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom)
2 ideal
3 perfect
4 (of a match) made in heaven
5 to be made for one another

恩同再造

ēn tóng zài zào

1 your favor amounts to being given a new lease on life (idiom)

凭空捏造

píng kōng niē zào

1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

Sample Sentences

历史之父”希罗多德说是百万奴隶辛勤劳作30年的结果，大概跟我们修长城一样。金字塔还有很多神秘之处，什么地球和太阳的距离啊，建造的位置和角度啊，古埃及的建筑水平，真是不可思议！

lìshǐzhīfù ”Xīluóduōdé shuō shì bǎiwàn núlì xīnqín láozuò sānshí nián de jiéguǒ ，dàgài gēn wǒmen xiū chángchéng yíyàng 。jīnzìtǎ hái yǒu hěn duō shénmì zhīchù ，shénme dìqiú hé tàiyáng de jùlí a ，jiànzào de wèizhi hé jiǎodù a ，gǔ Āijí de jiànzhù shuǐpíng ，zhēnshì bùkěsīyì ！

Herodotus, ''the Father of History," says that it was the back-breaking work of a million slaves over a span of thirty years. That's about the same as our construction of the Great Wall of China.

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是呀，京都建筑受到唐朝影响，许多保存至今，不像我们为了游客而建造的一些粗制滥造的寺庙，不过话说回来，我倒是可以给你推荐京都的一家寺庙。

shì ya ，jīngdōu jiànzhù shòudào Tángcháo yǐngxiǎng ，xǔduō bǎocún zhìjīn ，bù xiàng wǒmen wèile yóukè ér jiànzào de yīxiē cūzhìlànzào de sìmiào ，bùguò huàshuōhuílai ，wǒ dàoshì kěyǐ gěi nǐ tuījiàn Jīngdōu de yī jiā sìmiào 。

Yes, the architecture of Kyoto was influenced by the Tang dynasty, and much of it has been preserved to this day, unlike the crudely built temples that we construct for tourists, but getting back to the point, I can recommend a temple for you.

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美人儿一样的西湖啊，对了，听说西湖还有个著名景点叫苏堤，就是当年苏轼建造的。苏堤也因此得名。

měirénr yīyàng de xīhú ā ，duì le ，tīngshuō xīhú háiyǒu gè zhùmíng jǐngdiǎn jiào sūtí ，jiùshì dāngnián Sū Shì jiànzào de 。sūtí yě yīncǐ démíng 。

The West Lake is just like a beautiful woman, yes, I hear the West Lake still has another famous scenic spot called Su Causeway, built by Su Shi. That's how the Su Causeway got famous.

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你知道自由女神像是什么时候建造的吗？

nǐ zhīdào Zìyóunǚshénxiàng shì shénme shíhou jiànzào de ma ？

Do you know when the Statue of Liberty was built?

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建造高铁

jiànzào gāotiě

To build a high speed railway.

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还要建造世界上最长的大桥。

hái yào jiànzào shìjiè shàng zuì cháng de dàqiáo 。

We also want to build the world's longest bridge.