明珠
míng zhū
Pinyin
Definition
明珠
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- pearl
- jewel (of great value)
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
不吝珠玉
- 1 lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.
- 2 Your criticism will be most valuable.
不明事理
- 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
- 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
- 1 self-explanatory
- 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
- 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
Sample Sentences
在外滩朝东面看,可以看到东方明珠。
If you look eastwards from the Bund, you can see the Oriental Pearl Tower
我游览了外滩和东方明珠。
I visited The Bund and the Pearl Tower.
我们已经去了东方明珠和外滩,晚上再去一下新天地。你还想去哪里逛呢?
We've already gone to the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Bund and we're going to Xintiandi tonight. Where else do you want to go walk around?
标志性建筑不就是东方明珠吗?几个球连在一起,最好认了!
Isn't the Oriental Pearl Tower symbolic architecture? A few balls connected together - it's the easiest to recognize!
哇,到处都是高楼大厦!老公,快快快,我要跟东方明珠合个影。
Wow, there're skyscrapers and big buildings everywhere! Honey, hurry up. I want to take a picture with the Oriental Pearl Tower.
这位团友说的是,看到一串球的就是东方明珠了,俗称“糖葫芦”。过去它是上海的第一高楼,现在已经排到第三了。
What our friend here said is right. That row of balls over there, the Oriental Pearl Tower, also known as the 'Candied Hawthorn.' In the past, it was Shanghai's tallest building, but now it's already been pushed back to number three.
那就是东方明珠。
That is the Oriental Pearl Tower.
可能你找了很久,然后一个人告诉你:“那就是东方明珠。”
Maybe you've been looking for a really long time and then some tells you, 'That right there is the Oriental Pearl Tower.'
东方明珠现在不是上海最高的楼,是第三高的楼。
The pearl tower is no longer Shanghai's tallest building. It's the third tallest.
金茂大厦还是算了吧。虽说金茂大厦号称世界第三高楼,可是毕竟国外高楼林立,到处是摩天大楼,不稀奇。东方明珠电视塔倒是可以带他去看看。这11个大小不一、高低错落的球体,从天空串落到草地上,还是很有特色的。
Forget about the Jinmao Tower. Although the Jinmao Tower claims to be the third highest building in the world, there are a ton of skyscrapers in other countries, after all. Everywhere you go are skyscrapers. They're not rare at all. On the other hand, I could take him to see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It has eleven balls of different sizes. Their heights are staggered in a row leading from the heavens down to the Earth. It's really distinctive.