影
yǐng
Pinyin
Definition
影
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- picture
- image
- film
- movie
- photograph
- reflection
- shadow
- trace
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 influence
- 2 effect
- 3 to influence
- 4 to affect (usually adversely)
- 5 to disturb
- 6 classifier: 股 gǔ
- 1 influence
- 2 impact
- 1 to take a photograph
- 2 photography
- 3 to shoot (a movie)
- 1 inverted image
- 2 reversed image (e.g. upside down)
Idioms (15)
来无影,去无踪
- 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
化为泡影
- 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
含沙射影
- 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
- 2 to make oblique charges
- 3 to make insinuations
- 4 to insinuate
如影随形
- 1 as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
- 2 closely associated with each other
- 3 to follow relentlessly
孤身只影
- 1 lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
- 2 to be all alone (idiom)
Sample Sentences
这部电影天马行空,很有想法。
This movie is bizarre. There are a lot of ideas in this movie.
你想加入我们吗?我们要去看电影。
Do you want to join us? We're going to watch a movie.
我每天都跟小猫看电影。
I watch movies with little cats every day.
在太阳系中,水星跟太阳的距离很近,受到太阳高温的影响,水星白天的地表温度非常高,可以达到摄氏427度,因此水星没办法像邻近的金星和地球一样形成一层厚厚的大气层。
In the solar system, Mercury is very close to the sun. Because of the high temperature from the sun, the ground temperature on Mercury is very high, which is up to 427 degree celsius. Therefore, Mercury cannot form a thick layer of atmosphere like Venus and Earth.
我就是觉得这是在巧立名目,仗着人已经到这里了,如果不买就看不了电影。就像买珍珠奶茶不给吸管一样过分。
I think this is a clever way to get people to buy the glasses taking advantage that you’re already there and can’t watch the movie without the glasses. It like buying bubble milk tea but without providing a straw.
又没有提前提醒要自带眼镜,现在电影院都那么过分的吗?
There was no reminder to bring your own glasses beforehand, are cinemas too much now?
杯弓蛇影
extremely suspicious
于是乐广立马奔去找友人,将友人带回自己家中,又将情况重新完整地还原了一次。友人一看”唷!这不就是我当天喝下去的那条蛇吗?原来它压根儿就不是蛇,只是弓的倒影,是我自己吓自己!虚惊一场!”。知道了原委,他这病也就立刻痊愈了。
He rushed to his friend's immediately, brought him back to his place, and restored the scene again. Once his friend saw it, he realized,"Oh! Isn't this the snake I swallowed down that day? It turns out that it is not a snake at all, but a reflection of the bow. I was scaring myself. False alarm!" After knowing the whole story, he restored his health immediately.
社畜生活不得不规律呀,现在好多商场的营业时间都延长了,你要是想看个夜场电影,我也奉陪!
Discipline is a must for a corporate worker. Nowadays a lot of malls have extended hours. If you want to watch a late night movie I’ll be happy to accompany you!
开始做主播之后,生活有什么影响或者改变吗?
Has your life been affected or changed since you started broadcasting?