àn
Pinyin

Definition

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àn
  1. (legal) case
  2. incident
  3. record
  4. file
  5. table

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

tú àn
  1. 1 design
  2. 2 pattern
fāng àn
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 program (for action etc)
  3. 3 proposal
  4. 4 proposed bill
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
  6. 6 classifier: 套 tào
àn
  1. 1 (legal) case
  2. 2 incident
  3. 3 record
  4. 4 file
  5. 5 table
dàng àn
  1. 1 file
  2. 2 record
  3. 3 archive
dá àn
  1. 1 answer
  2. 2 solution
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (7)

堆案盈几
duī àn yíng jī
  1. 1 lit. piles of work and papers (idiom); fig. accumulated backlog of work
拍案叫绝
pāi àn jiào jué
  1. 1 lit. slap the table and shout with praise (idiom); fig. wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
  3. 3 great!
拍案而起
pāi àn ér qǐ
  1. 1 lit. to slap the table and stand up (idiom); fig. at the end of one's tether
  2. 2 unable to take it any more
拍案惊奇
pāi àn jīng qí
  1. 1 to slap the table in amazement (idiom); wonderful!
  2. 2 amazing!
案兵束甲
àn bīng shù jiǎ
  1. 1 to rest weapons and loosen armor (idiom); to relax from fighting

Sample Sentences

老实说,我觉得这个提案很难执行。
lǎoshíshuō ,wǒ juéde zhège tíàn hěn nán zhíxíng 。
Honestly speaking, I think it’s hard to proceed with your proposal.
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你说得很有道理,但是这个提案成本太高了。
nǐ shuō de hěn yǒu dàoli ,dànshì zhège tíàn chéngběn tài gāo le 。
What you say makes a lot of sense, but the proposal costs too high.
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这个提案好是好,但是成本太高了。
zhège tíàn hǎo shì hǎo ,dànshì chéngběn tài gāo le 。
This is a great idea, but the costs are too high.
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这个提案好是好就是场地有问题。
zhège tíàn hǎo shì hǎo jiùshì chǎngdì yǒu wèntí 。
This is a great idea, except that there are some problems with the location.
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王总,这份合同草案请您过目,看看有哪里需要修改的。
Wángzǒng ,zhè fèn hétong cǎoàn qǐng nín guòmù ,kànkan yǒu nǎlǐ xūyào xiūgǎi de 。
Mr. Wang, please take a look at the contract draft, to see if there is anything needs to be revised.
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这份亚洲经济的档案做得太差了,你要是当真把它交了上去,就等着喝西北风吧。
zhè fèn Yàzhōu jīngjì de dàngàn zuò de tài chà le ,nǐ yàoshi dàngzhēn bǎ tā jiāo le shàngqù ,jiù děng zhe hēxīběifēng ba 。
This Asian economic archive is so badly done. If you really hand it in, just wait to lose your job.
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她自己的案子失败,竟敢让我背黑锅。
tā zìjǐ de ànzi shībài ,jìnggǎn ràng wǒ bēihēiguō 。
Her case failed, and she had the audacity to make me take the responsibility for it.
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这位乐先生还原了当天的情况:他把烛火调成和案发当天一样,倒了杯酒,自己坐在那位友人当天坐的位子上。一端起酒杯,“哎呀!杯子里有条蛇!这不,我破案了!”
zhè wèi lè xiānsheng huányuán le dāngtiān de qíngkuàng :tā bǎ zhúhuǒ tiáo chéng hé ànfā dāngtiān yīyàng ,dào le bēijiǔ ,zìjǐ zuò zài nà wèi yǒurén dāngtiān zuò de wèizi shàng 。yī duān qǐ jiǔbēi ,“āiyā !bēizi lǐ yǒu tiáo shé !zhè bù ,wǒ pòàn le !”
Mr. Yue restored the scene. He adjusted the candlelight to what it looked like that day, poured a glass of wine, and took the seat where his friend sat on that day. As soon as he held the glass up, he realized, "Oh! There is a snake in the glass! I solved the case!"
乐广在家中思来想去、东翻西找,最后在客厅一抬头便看见墙上挂了一只弓,弯弯曲曲地像条蛇似的。脑中突然灵光一闪,心想:该不会和这只弓有关吧?于是乐广发挥了科学办案的精神,决定来个案情重组。
YuèGuǎng zài jiā zhōng sīláixiǎngqù 、dōngfānxīzhǎo ,zuìhòu zài kètīng yī táitóu biàn kànjiàn qiáng shàng guà le yī zhī gōng ,wānwānqūqū de xiàng tiáo shé shìde 。nǎozhōng tūrán língguāngyìshǎn ,xīnxiǎng :gāi bùhuì hé zhè zhī gōng yǒuguān ba ?yúshì YuèGuǎng fāhuī le kēxué bànàn de jīngshén ,juédìng lái ge ànqíng chóngzǔ 。
Yue Guang racked his brain and searched everywhere at his place. Finally, he looked up in the living room and saw a bow hanging on the wall. The bow looks twisted like a snake. A light bulb went on in his brain, "Could the bow has something to do with this?" He thought. Then he decided to reorganise the case with the spirit of tackling this case using science.
关于这个方案,大家还有没有其它建议?
guānyú zhège fāngàn ,dàjiā hái yǒuméiyǒu qítā jiànyì ?
Regarding this case, do you have other suggestions?
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