Pinyin

Definition

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  1. classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc

Character Decomposition

Related Words (2)

  1. 1 classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
tā kē cài
  1. 1 Brassica narinosa (broadbeaked mustard)
  2. 2 Chinese flat cabbage

Idioms (1)

不要在一棵树上吊死
bù yào zài yī kē shù shàng diào sǐ
  1. 1 don't insist on only taking one road to Rome (idiom)
  2. 2 there's more than one way to skin a cat

Sample Sentences

但动物身上颜色的形成常常不只是因为一朵花、一株草或一棵树,而是整个自然环境。
dàn dòngwù shēnshang yánsè de xíngchéng chángcháng bù zhǐshì yīnwèi yī duǒ huā 、yī zhū cǎo huò yī kē shù ,érshì zhěnggè zìrán huánjìng 。
However, the camouflage is usually not just a flower, a bead of grass, or a tree, it is often the entire environment.
让我瞧瞧,真的呢,这棵树砍了又合,根本砍不断啊。
ràng wǒ qiáo qiao ,zhēnde ne ,zhè kē shù kǎn le yòu hé ,gēnběn kǎn bùduàn ā 。
Let me see! Really! The tree joins together again after it's cut, it really can't be chopped down.
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教育就是一棵树摇动一棵树,一朵云推动一朵云,一个灵魂唤醒另一个灵魂
jiàoyù jiùshì yī kē shù yáodòng yī kē shù ,yī duǒ yún tuīdòng yī duǒ yún ,yīgē línghún huànxǐng lìng yīgē línghún
Education is a tree shaking another, a cloud pushing another, a soul waking another.
他们有关于我的回忆啊,不然现在还开始流行“树葬”,买一棵树,葬在底下,尘归尘、土归土,儿孙还可以在树下乘凉。
tāmen yǒu guānyú wǒ de huíyì ā ,bùrán xiànzài hái kāishǐ liúxíng “shùzàng ”,mǎi yī kē shù ,zàng zài dǐxià ,chén guī chén 、tǔ guī tǔ ,érsūn hái kěyǐ zài shù xià chéngliáng 。
They'll have memories of me, otherwise tree burials are starting to get popular nowadays. You buy a tree, and get buried below it, dust to dust, ashes to ashes and your kids and grandkids can even take shade under the tree.
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你看吧,1979年,国家出政策了,1980年开始,实行计划生育了,兄弟姐妹没有了,只剩一棵独苗苗了。
nǐ kàn ba ,1979 nián ,guójiā chū zhèngcè le ,yījiǔbālíng nián kāishǐ ,shíxíng jìhuàshēngyù le ,xiōngdì jiěmèi méiyǒu le ,zhī shèng yī kē dúmiáomiao le 。
Look, in 1979, the country came up with a policy which was launched in 1980, to implement family planning. So without brothers and sisters, only us only children remained.
再来几棵棕榈树!
zài lái jǐ kē zōnglǚshù !
And how about a few palm trees!
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现在全市已经有两千棵树了。
xiànzài quánshì yǐjīng yǒu liǎng qiān kē shù le 。
Now the whole city has two thousand trees.
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我打算去买一棵圣诞树和一些彩灯,把房间装饰一下。
wǒ dǎsuàn qù mǎi yī kē shèngdànshù hé yīxiē cǎidēng ,bǎ fángjiān zhuāngshì yīxià 。
I'm planning to buy a Christmas tree and some fairy lights to decorate my room.
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接下来我还准备带她回母校看看,找找青春时代的记忆。不知道我们刻下名字的那棵小白杨还在不在。
jiē xiàlái wǒ hái zhǔnbèi dài tā huí mǔxiào kàn kan ,zhǎozhao qīngchūn shídài de jìyì 。bù zhīdào wǒmen kè xià míngzi de nà kē xiǎo báiyáng hái zài bu zài 。
I'm also preparing to take her back to our old school to remember the days when we were younger. I don't know if the little white poplar we carved our names into is still there or not.
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第二天,小裁缝去森林里杀巨人了。他很快就在一棵大树下发现了他们。这时候,他们正睡得香。他灵机一动,抓了一些石头放进口袋里。然后爬到了树上。接着,他朝其中一个巨人砸了几块石头。
dì èr tiān ,xiǎo cáiféng qù sēnlín lǐ shā jùrén le 。tā hěnkuài jiù zài yī kē dà shù xià fāxiàn le tāmen 。zhèshíhòu ,tāmen zhèng shuì de xiāng 。tā língjīyīdòng ,zhuā le yīxiē shítou fàng jìn kǒudài lǐ 。ránhòu pádào le shùshang 。jiē zhe ,tā cháo qízhōng yī gè jùrén zá le jǐ kuài shítou 。
The next day, the little tailor went into the forest to kill the giants. He quickly discovered them underneath a great tree. At this time, they were sleeping deeply. Then he suddenly had an idea, and grabbed some rocks and put them in this pocket. Then he climbed up the tree. Immediately after, he hit one of the giants with several rocks.
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