手电筒 (手電筒)
shǒu diàn tǒng
Pinyin
Definition
手电筒 (手電筒)
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- flashlight
- electric hand torch
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 to part company
- 2 to split up
- 3 to break up
- 1 Sagittarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
- 2 popular variant of 人馬座|人马座[Rén mǎ zuò]
- 1 a skill
- 2 mastery of a trade
- 3 by oneself
- 4 without outside help
Idioms (20)
一手交钱,一手交货
- 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
- 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
- 3 simple and direct transaction
七手八脚
- 1 (idiom) with everyone lending a hand (eagerly but somewhat chaotically)
上下其手
- 1 to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint
- 2 fig. conspiring to defraud
不怕神一样的对手,就怕猪一样的队友
- 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
人有失手,马有失蹄
- 1 lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
- 2 fig. everyone makes mistakes
- 3 even the best fall down sometimes
Sample Sentences
蜡烛?为什么不用手电筒?
Candles? Why don't you use a torch?
手电筒没电了,我一直忘了换电池。
The torch doesn't have any battery, I keep forgetting to replace the batteries.
小姐,请问你们有手电筒吗?
Miss, may I ask, do you have flashlights?
别急,我可以修。手电筒在哪儿?
Don't worry. I can fix it. Where's the flashlight?
找不到手电筒。蜡烛行不行?
I can't find the flashlight. Is a candle all right?