流星
liú xīng
Pinyin
Definition
流星
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- meteor
- shooting star
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
付之东流
- 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
口碑流传
- 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
同流合污
- 1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others
家丑不可外传,流言切莫轻信
- 1 Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom)
- 2 Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip.
Sample Sentences
哈,我明年还想到美国再拍一次日全食呢,如果运气好的话还可以拍到流星雨,一举两得!
Ha, next year I want to go to the United States to film another total solar eclipse, if I'm lucky I might even get a photo of a meteor shower, to catch two birds with one stone.
人们第一次看到流星时,都很吃惊。以为有不好的事情即将发生。
People were surprised when they first saw meteors.They thought something bad was about to happen.