影儿 (影兒)
yǐng r5
Pinyin

Definition

影儿 (影兒)
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yǐng r5
  1. shadow

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

yǐng xiǎng
  1. 1 influence
  2. 2 effect
  3. 3 to influence
  4. 4 to affect (usually adversely)
  5. 5 to disturb
  6. 6 classifier: 股 gǔ
yǐng xiǎng lì
  1. 1 influence
  2. 2 impact
shè yǐng
  1. 1 to take a photograph
  2. 2 photography
  3. 3 to shoot (a movie)
diàn yǐng
  1. 1 movie
  2. 2 film
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 片 piàn
  5. 5 classifier: 幕 mù
  6. 6 classifier: 场 chǎng
dào yǐng
  1. 1 inverted image
  2. 2 reversed image (e.g. upside down)

Idioms (15)

来无影,去无踪
lái wú yǐng , qù wú zōng
  1. 1 lit. come without a shadow, leave without a footprint (idiom); to come and go without a trace
化为泡影
huà wéi pào yǐng
  1. 1 to come to nothing (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
如影随形
rú yǐng suí xíng
  1. 1 as the shadow follows the body (idiom)
  2. 2 closely associated with each other
  3. 3 to follow relentlessly
孤身只影
gū shēn zhī yǐng
  1. 1 lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company
  2. 2 to be all alone (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我觉察他去得匆匆了,伸出手遮挽时,他又从遮挽着的手边过去,天黑时,我躺在床上,他便伶伶俐俐地从我身上跨过,从我脚边飞去了。等我睁开眼和太阳再见,这算又溜走了一日。我掩着面叹息。但是新来的日子的影儿又开始在叹息里闪过了。
wǒ juéchá tā qù de cōngcōng le ,shēnchū chūshǒu zhēwǎn shí ,tā yòu cóng zhēwǎn zhe de shǒu biān guòqù ,tiān hēi shí ,wǒ tǎng zài chuáng shang ,tā biàn línglíng lìlì de cóng wǒ shēnshàng kuà guò ,cóng wǒ jiǎo biān fēi qù le 。děng wǒ zhēngkāi yǎn hé tàiyáng zài jiàn ,zhè suàn yòu liūzǒu le yī rì 。wǒ yǎn zhe miàn tànxī 。dànshì xīnláide rìzi de yǐngr yòu kāishǐ zài tànxī lǐ shǎn guò le 。
Aware of its fleeting presence, I reach out for it only to find it brushing past my out-stretched hands. In the evening, when I lie on my bed, it nimbly strides over my body and flits past my feet. By the time when I open my eyes to meet the sun again, another day is already gone. I heave a sign, my head buried in my hands. But, in the midst of my sighs, a new day is flashing past.
哎呀,你就拉到吧。什么不是上课就是泡图书馆,咱俩一个寝室的,我还会不晓得你,翘课王!图书馆的偶遇?那是更没影儿的事儿了吧?
āiyā ,nǐ jiù lādào ba 。shénme bùshì shàngkè jiùshì pào túshūguǎn ,zánliǎ yī gè qǐnshì de ,wǒ hái huì bù xiǎode nǐ ,qiàokèwáng !túshūguǎn de ǒuyù ?nà shì gèng méiyǐngr de shìr le ba ?
Agh, stop bullshitting. What do you mean when you weren't in class you were stewing in the library. We shared a dorm, it's not like I don't know you, the king of skipping class! We've never bumped into each other in the library, have we? Not even once, no?
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欣雨,好久没见到你人影儿了,工作找得怎么样了?
Xīnyǔ ,hǎo jiǔ méi jiàndào nǐ rényǐngr le ,gōngzuò zhǎo de zěnmeyàng le ?
Xinyu, I haven't seen you in forever. How's the job hunt?
昨天去干吗了呀?一整天不见你人影儿。
zuótiān qù gànmá le ya ?yīzhěngtiān bùjiàn nǐ rényǐngr 。