料
liào
Pinyin

Definition

料
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liào
  1. material
  2. stuff
  3. grain
  4. feed
  5. to expect
  6. to anticipate
  7. to guess

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

原料
yuán liào
  1. 1 raw material
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
意料
yì liào
  1. 1 to anticipate
  2. 2 to expect
料
liào
  1. 1 material
  2. 2 stuff
  3. 3 grain
  4. 4 feed
  5. 5 to expect
  6. 6 to anticipate
  7. 7 to guess
料理
liào lǐ
  1. 1 to arrange
  2. 2 to handle
  3. 3 to cook
  4. 4 cuisine
  5. 5 art of cooking
材料
cái liào
  1. 1 material
  2. 2 data
  3. 3 makings
  4. 4 stuff
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (6)

偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events

Sample Sentences

您别这样，款项没收到，我没办法备料啊。
nín bié zhèyàng ，kuǎnxiàng méi shōudào ，wǒ méibànfǎ bèiliào a 。
Don’t say it like that. We are not able to prepare the materials without the down payment.
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这是我们的产品资料，您要不要看一看？
zhè shì wǒmen de chǎnpǐn zīliào ，nín yàobùyào kànyīkàn ？
These are our product materials, would you like to take a look?
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请问，有什么饮料？
qǐngwèn ，yǒu shénme yǐnliào ？
Excuse me, what kind of drinks do you have?
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为了要换免费的东西，所以给了个人资料。螳螂捕蝉，黄雀在后。你不能只想着眼前的利益。
wèile yào huàn miǎnfèi de dōngxi ，suǒyǐ gěi le gèrén zīliào 。tánglángbǔchán,huángquèzàihòu 。nǐ bùnéng zhǐ xiǎng zhe yǎnqián de lìyì 。
In order to get free samples, you gave out your personal information. You can't see the forest for the trees. Don't only consider the immediate profits.
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古迹之所以可以放这么久，就是因为以前的建筑质量好，不但材料优质，建筑技术也巧妙。
gǔjì zhīsuǒyǐ kěyǐ fàng zhème jiǔ ，jiùshì yīnwèi yǐqián de jiànzhù zhìliàng hǎo ，bùdàn cáiliào yōuzhì ，jiànzhù jìshù yě qiǎomiào 。
The reason why the monuments can be kept for so long is because the previous buildings are of good quality, not only the materials are high-quality, but the construction techniques are also ingenious.
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今天早上开会的时候我没有拿到开会资料，有人可以传给我吗？
jīntiān zǎoshang kāihuì de shíhou wǒ méiyǒu nádào kāihuì zīliào ，yǒurén kěyǐ chuángei wǒ ma ？
I didn't get the file from the meeting this morning. Could anyone send it to me?
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我的同事传给我资料了。
wǒ de tóngshì chuángei wǒ zīliào le 。
My colleague sent me the file.
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是这样的，我想把公司的产品资料给您参考，不知道您这周方不方便？我想去拜访贵公司。
shì zhèyàng de ，wǒ xiǎng bǎ gōngsī de chǎnpǐn zīliào gěi nín cānkǎo ，bù zhīdào nín zhè zhōu fāngbùfāngbiàn ？wǒ xiǎng qù bàifǎng guì gōngsī 。
The thing is, I would like to give you some information about out products for your reference. Are you available this week? I would like to pay a visit to your company.
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1、我爷爷家里有很多花花草草，但他从来没有精心照料过。与其说他养花，倒不如说是让花自生自灭。
、wǒ yéye jiālǐ yǒu hěnduō huāhuācǎocǎo ，dàn tā cónglái méiyǒu jīngxīn zhàoliào guò 。yǔqí shuō tā yǎnghuā ，dàobùrú shuō shì ràng huā zìshēngzìmiè 。
My grandpa has a lot of flowers at home, but he never takes good care of them. Instead of saying he takes care of the flowers, it’s better to say the flowers are left to their own fate.
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很好，市场调查的资料我们有，你跟小张请教一下。
hěn hǎo ，shìchǎng diàochá de zīliào wǒmen yǒu ，nǐ gēn xiǎozhāng qǐngjiào yīxià 。
Well, very good. We have marketing research data. You can ask Xiao Zhang about it.
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