念书 (念書)
niàn shū
Pinyin

Definition

念书 (念書)
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niàn shū
  1. to read
  2. to study

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

念
niàn
  1. 1 variant: 念 niàn
  2. 2 to read aloud
思念
sī niàn
  1. 1 to think of
  2. 2 to long for
  3. 3 to miss
想念
xiǎng niàn
  1. 1 to miss
  2. 2 to remember with longing
  3. 3 to long to see again
怀念
huái niàn
  1. 1 to cherish the memory of
  2. 2 to think of
  3. 3 reminisce
纪念
jì niàn
  1. 1 to commemorate
  2. 2 to remember
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (6)

不念旧恶
bù niàn jiù è
  1. 1 do not recall old grievances (idiom, from Analects); forgive and forget
家家有本难念的经
jiā jiā yǒu běn nán niàn de jīng
  1. 1 Every family goes through its problems. (idiom)
念念不忘
niàn niàn bù wàng
  1. 1 to keep in mind constantly (idiom)
数珠念佛
shǔ zhū niàn fó
  1. 1 to count one's prayer beads and chant Buddha's name (idiom)
殊深轸念
shū shēn zhěn niàn
  1. 1 extreme solicitude (idiom); expressing the deepest condolences
  2. 2 to feel deeply concerned

Sample Sentences

回家变卖典质，父亲还了亏空；又借钱办了丧事。这些日子，家中光景很是惨淡，一半为了丧事，一半为了父亲赋闲。丧事完毕，父亲要到南京谋事，我也要回北京念书，我们便同行。
huíjiā biànmài diǎnzhì ，fùqin huán le kuīkōng ；yòu jièqián bàn le sāngshì 。zhèxiē rìzi ，jiāzhōng guāngjǐng hěn shì cǎndàn ，yībàn wèile sāngshì ，yībàn wèile fùqin fùxián 。sāngshì wánbì ，fùqin yào dào Nánjīng móushì ，wǒ yě yào huí Běijīng niànshū ，wǒmen biàn tóngxíng 。
Once we got home we sold our possessions, so that father was able to pay off the debt. We then had to borrow money to cover the funeral costs. Those were darks days for our family, partly because of the funeral, and partly because of my father's unemployment. After the funeral, my father planned on seeking work in Nanjing and I needed to get back to Beijing for school. We decided to travel back up together.
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人家小明很早就毕业去工作了，可是我们却还在念书。
rénjia xiǎomíng hěn zǎo jiù bìyè qù gōngzuò le ，kěshì wǒmen què hái zài niànshū 。
Xiaoming graduated very early and began working but we’re still studying.
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天音告诉我，你下星期就要去英国念书了，你出发的那天我不能去机场送你，所以我写这张卡片给你。
tiānyīn gàosu wǒ ，nǐ xiàxīngqī jiùyào qù Yīngguó niànshū le ，nǐ chūfā de nà tiān wǒ bù néng qù jīchǎng sòng nǐ ，suǒyǐ wǒ xiě zhè zhāng kǎpiàn gěi nǐ 。
Tianyin told me you're going to the UK next week to study. I won't be able to go to the airport to see you off that day, so I've written this card for you.
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