报纸 (報紙)
bào zhǐ
Pinyin

Definition

报纸 (報紙)
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bào zhǐ
  1. newspaper
  2. newsprint
  3. CL:份[fèn],期[qī],張|张[zhāng]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

回报
huí bào
  1. 1 (in) return
  2. 2 reciprocation
  3. 3 payback
  4. 4 retaliation
  5. 5 to report back
  6. 6 to reciprocate
报
bào
  1. 1 to announce
  2. 2 to inform
  3. 3 report
  4. 4 newspaper
  5. 5 recompense
  6. 6 revenge
  7. 7 classifier: 份 fèn
  8. 8 classifier: 张 zhāng
报名
bào míng
  1. 1 to sign up
  2. 2 to enter one's name
  3. 3 to apply
  4. 4 to register
  5. 5 to enroll
  6. 6 to enlist
报告
bào gào
  1. 1 to inform
  2. 2 to report
  3. 3 to make known
  4. 4 report
  5. 5 speech
  6. 6 talk
  7. 7 lecture
  8. 8 classifier: 篇 piān
  9. 9 classifier: 份 fèn
  10. 10 classifier: 个 gè
  11. 11 classifier: 通 tòng
报复
bào fù
  1. 1 to make reprisals
  2. 2 to retaliate
  3. 3 revenge
  4. 4 retaliation

Idioms (20)

一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
  1. 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
以德报怨
yǐ dé bào yuàn
  1. 1 to return good for evil (idiom)
  2. 2 to requite evil with good
以直报怨，以德报德
yǐ zhí bào yuàn , yǐ dé bào dé
  1. 1 to repay kindness with kindness, and repay enmity with justice (idiom, from Analects)
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold

Sample Sentences

那是因为我们小区的垃圾不分类呀！我不是每次都把废电池放到那个专门回收的箱子里去吗？还把旧报纸、饮料瓶、易拉罐什么的收集起来卖给小区门口收破烂的阿姨。
nà shì yīnwèi wǒmen xiǎoqū de lājī bù fēnlèi yā ！wǒ bù shì měicì dōu bǎ fèi diànchí fàngdào nàge zhuānmén huíshōu de xiāngzǐ lǐ qù ma ？hái bǎ jiù bàozhǐ 、yǐnliàopíng 、yìlāguàn shénme de shōují qǐlai màigěi xiǎoqū ménkǒu shōu pòlàn de āyí 。
That's because our residential area doesn't separate trash. Don't I always put used batteries in the special recycling box? And don't I collect old newspapers, beverage bottles, pop-top cans and such and sell them to the little old lady who collects garbage in our residential area?
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唉，我是个粗人，说不过你！不过日本还有报纸报道中国和日本同种同宗呢！
oh ，wǒ shì ge cūrén ，shuōbùguò nǐ ！bùguò rìběn hái yǒu bàozhǐ bàodào Zhōngguó hé rìběn tóngzhǒngtóngzōng ne ！
Oh, I'm just an un-educated hick. There's no way I can win this point. But there were newspapers in Japan that reported that Chinese people and Japanese people have the same roots!
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你还真乐观，我看报纸上都在谈这件事对全球经济、政治造成的影响，都说情况很乱，让人担心，你都不担心？
nǐ hái zhēn lèguān ，wǒ kàn bàozhǐ shàng dōu zài tán zhè jiàn shì duì quánqiújīngjì 、zhèngzhì zàochéng de yǐngxiǎng ，dōu shuō qíngkuàng hěn luàn ，ràngrén dānxīn ，nǐ dōu bù dānxīn ？
You're really looking on the bright side there. In the paper I read that they said this would have an impact on the global economy and international politics. They said the situation is a bit of a mess and quite worrying. You're not worried?
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我每天训练我的狗帮我拿报纸。
wǒ měitiān xùnliàn wǒ de gǒu bāng wǒ ná bàozhǐ 。
Every day I train my dog to get the newspaper for me.
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老公，报纸上说“以房养老”会在2014年上半年开始试点。我不太明白，“以房养老”是什么意思啊？
lǎogōng ，bàozhǐ shàng shuō “yǐfángyǎnglǎo ”huì zài èrlíngyīsì nián shàngbànnián kāishǐ shìdiǎn 。wǒ bùtài míngbai ，“yǐfángyǎnglǎo ”shì shénme yìsi ā ？
Honey, it says in the newspaper that “using homes to take care of the elderly” will begin trials in the first half of 2014. I don't really understand. What does “using homes to take care of the elderly” mean?
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这个有用吗？年轻人看报纸杂志的没几个。
zhè gè yǒuyòng ma ？niánqīngrén kàn bàozhǐ zázhì de méi jǐ gè 。
Is that effective? Not many young people read newspapers or magazines.
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送报纸
sòng bàozhǐ
To deliver the paper.
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呵呵，难怪今天报纸上说，本周气温就像坐过山车，说得还挺形象的。
hēhē ，nánguài jīntiān bàozhǐ shang shuō ，běnzhōu qìwēn jiù xiàng zuò guòshānchē ，shuō de hái tǐng xíngxiàng de 。
Ha ha, no wonder today's paper compares this week's weather to riding a rollercoaster. That's a pretty vivid description.
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你别忘了，明天是三一五，消费者权益日。我要到电视、电台、报纸、网络上曝光你们。
nǐ bié wàng le ，míngtiān shì sānyāowǔ ，xiāofèizhě quányì rì 。wǒ yào dào diànshì 、diàntái 、bàozhǐ 、wǎngluò shàng bàoguāng nǐmen 。
Don't forget: tomorrow is March 15th, Consumer Rights Day. I'm going to expose you on TV, on the radio, in newspapers, and online.
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我想看中文报纸，可是这么多字不认识！
wǒ xiǎng kàn Zhōngwén bàozhǐ ，kěshì zhème duō zì bù rènshi ！
I'd like to read a Chinese newspaper, but there are so many words I don't recognize.
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