斯里兰卡 (斯里蘭卡)
Sī lǐ lán kǎ
Pinyin

Definition

斯里兰卡 (斯里蘭卡)
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Sī lǐ lán kǎ
  1. Sri Lanka
  2. (formerly) Ceylon

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

卡
kǎ
  1. 1 to stop
  2. 2 to block
  3. 3 (computing) (coll.) slow
  4. 4 (loanword) card
  5. 5 classifier: 张 zhāng
  6. 6 classifier: 片 piàn
  7. 7 truck (from "car")
  8. 8 calorie (abbr. for 卡路里[kǎ lù lǐ])
  9. 9 cassette
哪里
nǎ lǐ
  1. 1 where?
  2. 2 somewhere
  3. 3 anywhere
  4. 4 wherever
  5. 5 nowhere (negative answer to question)
  6. 6 humble expression denying compliment
  7. 7 also written 哪裡|哪里
德克萨斯
Dé kè sà sī
  1. 1 Texas
心里
xīn li
  1. 1 chest
  2. 2 heart
  3. 3 mind
里
lǐ
  1. 1 variant: 里 lǐ

Idioms (20)

一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
千里之堤，溃于蚁穴
qiān lǐ zhī dī , kuì yú yǐ xué
  1. 1 an ant hole may cause the collapse of a great dike (idiom)
  2. 2 huge damage may result from a moment's negligence
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里搭长棚，没有不散的宴席
qiān lǐ dā cháng péng , méi yǒu bù sàn de yàn xí
  1. 1 even if you build a thousand-league awning for it, every banquet must come to an end (idiom)
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

Sample Sentences

你这么一说倒是提醒我了，下周要去斯里兰卡度假，听说我喜欢的品牌腰果在科伦坡国际机场买最便宜！
nǐ zhème yīshuō dǎo shì tíxǐng wǒ le ，xiàzhōu yào qù Sīlǐlánkǎ dùjià ，tīngshuō wǒ xǐhuan de pǐnpái yāoguǒ zài Kēlúnpō guójì jīchǎng mǎi zuì biànyí ！
You saying that reminded me, next week I’m going on holiday to Sri Lanka. I hear my favourite brand of cashew nuts is cheapest at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo!
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他是斯里兰卡人没错，但你非得要说得好像我在其他国家也有男朋友一样吗？
tā shì sīlǐlánkǎ rén méicuò ，dàn nǐ fēiděi yào shuō de hǎoxiàng wǒ zài qítā guójiā yě yǒu nán péngyou yīyàng ma ？
He is a Sri Lankan, but why do you say it like I have other boyfriends in other countries?
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哦，你说的是在斯里兰卡的那个吗？
ò ，nǐ shuō de shì zài sīlǐlánkǎ de nàge ma ？
Oh, you mean the one in Sri Lanka?
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那请把婚礼办在斯里兰卡，我要去！
nà qǐng bǎ hūnlǐ bàn zài sīlǐlánkǎ ，wǒ yào qù ！
Then please hold the wedding in Sri Lanka, I want to go!
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