昨天
zuó tiān
Pinyin

Definition

昨天
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zuó tiān
  1. yesterday

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
天下
tiān xià
  1. 1 land under heaven
  2. 2 the whole world
  3. 3 the whole of China
  4. 4 realm
  5. 5 rule
天天
tiān tiān
  1. 1 every day
天气
tiān qì
  1. 1 weather

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
yī zhù qíng tiān
  1. 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
yī bù dēng tiān
  1. 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打，上房揭瓦
sān tiān bù dǎ , shàng fáng jiē wǎ
  1. 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
  2. 2 spare the rod, spoil the child

Sample Sentences

昨天我又看了一遍这部小说。
zuótiān wǒ yòu kàn le yībiàn zhè bù xiǎoshuō 。
Again : I read this novel again yesterday.
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他前天来过，昨天又来了。
tā qiántiān lái guò ，zuótiān yòu lái le 。
He came the day before and he came again yesterday.
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昨天我见了我的老朋友。
zuótiān wǒ jiàn le wǒ de lǎopéngyou 。
Yesterday, I met my old friend.
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对不起，我插个嘴，昨天的会议记录我找不到，你们放到哪儿了？
duìbuqǐ ，wǒ chā ge zuǐ ，zuótiān de huìyì jìlù wǒ zhǎo bù dào ，nǐmen fàng dào nǎr le ？
My apologies. I would like to quickly say something. The meeting notes from yesterday is missing. Where did you put it?
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你昨天的商业提案表现得很好，真是太厉害了。
nǐ zuótiān de shāngyè tíàn biǎoxiàn de hěn hǎo ，zhēnshì tài lìhai le 。
You did such a great job on yesterday’s business proposal. That was fantastic.
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我昨天早上八点在搭地铁。
wǒ zuótiān zǎoshang bā diǎn zài dā dìtiě 。
I was taking the subway at eight o’clock yesterday morning.
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我昨天晚上七点的时候正在整理房间。
wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang qī diǎn de shíhou zhèngzài zhěnglǐ fángjiān 。
I was cleaning up my room at seven o’clock last night.
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谢谢你昨天的帮忙，今天我请你吃饭吧！
xièxie nǐ zuótiān de bāngmáng ，jīntiān wǒ qǐng nǐ chīfàn ba ！
Thank you for your help yesterday. Let me treat you to a meal today!
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昨天...
zuótiān ...
Yesterday…
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今天星期五了。你昨天怎么没有来？
jīntiān Xīngqīwǔ le 。nǐ zuótiān zěnme méiyǒu lái ？
It is Friday already. Why didn’t you come yesterday?
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