沙滩 (沙灘)
shā tān
Pinyin

Definition

沙滩 (沙灘)
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shā tān
  1. beach
  2. sandy shore
  3. CL:片[piàn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

沙
Shā
  1. 1 surname Sha
沙场
shā chǎng
  1. 1 sandpit
  2. 2 battleground
  3. 3 battlefield
沙子
shā zi
  1. 1 sand
  2. 2 grit
  3. 3 classifier: 粒 lì
  4. 4 classifier: 把 bǎ
沙拉
shā lā
  1. 1 salad (loanword)
沙漠
shā mò
  1. 1 desert
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (9)

一盘散沙
yī pán sǎn shā
  1. 1 lit. like a sheet of loose sand
  2. 2 fig. unable to cooperate (idiom)
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
封沙育林
fēng shā yù lín
  1. 1 to plant trees in order to stabilize sand (idiom)
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)
战死沙场
zhàn sǐ shā chǎng
  1. 1 to die in battle (idiom)

Sample Sentences

沙滩！还要有个凉亭、排球场、吧台。
shātān ！hái yào yǒu gè liángtíng 、páiqiúchǎng 、bātái 。
A beach! And a pavilion, a volley ball court and a bar.
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这你都不知道？那可是世界七大奇景之一啊，是由珊瑚礁石群组成的，从北向南绵延两千公里。想象一下，美丽的珊瑚，纯白的沙滩，各种海洋生物围绕着你，我们两个大美女就在那里摆拍各种美艳销魂的照片……
zhè nǐ dōu bù zhīdào ？nà kě shì shìjièqīdàqíjǐng zhīyī ā ，shì yóu shānhújiāo shí qún zǔchéng de ，cóng běi xiàng nán miányán èrqiān gōngli 。xiǎngxiàng yīxià ，měilì de shānhú ，chún bái de shātān ，gèzhǒng hǎiyáng shēngwù wéirào zhe nǐ ，wǒmen liǎng gè dàměinǚ jiù zài nàlǐ bǎi pāi gèzhǒng měiyànxiāohún de zhàopiàn ……
You don't even know that much? It's one of the seven wonders of the world, It's formed by coral reefs, stretching 2000 km from north to south. Think of it, pretty coral, pristine white beaches with different sea creatures all around and the two of us taking glam pictures there...
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多亏是在沙滩上，如果出现在大街上，肯定会被认为是抢银行的。不过防晒很有必要，俗话说：“一白遮三丑”，白了显得好看。
duōkuī shì zài shātān shàng ，rúguǒ chūxiàn zài dàjiē shang ，kěndìng huì bèi rènwéi shì qiǎng yínháng de 。bùguò fángshài hěnyǒu bìyào ，súhuà shuō ：“yībáizhēsānchǒu ”，bái le xiǎnde hǎokàn 。
Fortunately they're wearing them at the beach. If people appeared wearing these on a major street, they'd definitely be taken as bank robbers. However, blocking the sun is very necessary. As the saying goes, "whiteness covers up ugliness." White looks better.
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去巴厘岛吧！费用不高，景点集中，还是落地签证。那里有个艺术中心，有很多艺廊和艺术品店。还可以看看当地人的古典舞蹈。还有火山黑沙滩什么的，总之可以欣赏到完全没被现代化污染过的海岛风光。
qù Bālí dǎo ba ！fèiyòng bù gāo ，jǐngdiǎn jízhōng ，háishì luòdì qiānzhèng 。nàlǐ yǒu gè yìshù zhōngxīn ，yǒu hěn duō yìláng hé yìshùpǐndiàn 。hái kěyǐ kàn kan dāngdì rén de gǔdiǎn wǔdǎo 。háiyǒu huǒshān hēi shātān shénme de ，zǒngzhī kěyǐ xīnshǎng dào wánquán méi bèi xiàndàihuà wūrǎn guò de hǎidǎo fēngguāng 。
Go to Bali! It's low-cost, the scenic areas are all centrally located and it's 'visa upon arrival'. There's an arts center there with lots of art galleries and art stores. You can also check out the local people's traditional dancing. There's volcanic black-sand beaches as well. Basically, you can enjoy the scenery of an island completely unaffected by modernization and pollution.
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