洋人
yáng rén
Pinyin
Definition
洋人
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- foreigner
- Westerner
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
- 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
- 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行,必有我师
- 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
- 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
- 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
Sample Sentences
我想那时候更疯狂。 各色人物都来上海滩谋生 。洋人在租界大兴土木,马路上黄包车、电车四处冲,黑帮流氓到处厮杀。 你想想那场面!
I think it was even crazier back then. All kinds of characters came to seek their fortune in Shanghai. Foreigners built all kinds of stuff in the Concessions, and there were rickshaws on the roads, and streetcars rushing all over the place. Underworld thugs were killing people right and left. Imagine that!
洋人
foreigner
难道喝二锅头啊,洋人的活动肯定得喝洋酒啦。对了,最好找个有游泳池的地方。
What, you want to drink cheap baijiu? A western-style party definitely needs western booze. Oh, that's right. It'd be best if we found a place with a swimming pool.