煤炭
méi tàn
Pinyin

Definition

煤炭
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méi tàn
  1. coal

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

ní méi
  1. 1 peat
méi
  1. 1 coal
  2. 2 classifier: 块 kuài
méi qì
  1. 1 coal gas
  2. 2 gas (fuel)
méi tàn
  1. 1 coal
mù tàn
  1. 1 charcoal

Idioms (3)

冰炭不言,冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
生灵涂炭
shēng líng tú tàn
  1. 1 people are in a terrible situation (idiom)
雪中送炭
xuě zhōng sòng tàn
  1. 1 lit. to send charcoal in snowy weather (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to provide help in sb's hour of need

Sample Sentences

现在的很多企业的发展都还停留在使用煤炭等传统能源的水平,多年来一直是一种高能耗、高排放、低产出的状态,我们所要面对的环境问题真是一天比一天严峻。
xiàn zài de hěn duō qǐyè de fāzhǎn dōu hái tíng liú zài shǐyòng méitàn děng chuántǒng néngyuán de shuǐpíng ,duōnián lái yīzhí shì yīzhǒng gāo nénghào 、gāo páifàng 、dī chǎnchū de zhuàngtài ,wǒmen suǒ yào miànduì de huánjìng wèntí zhēn shì yītiān bǐ yītiān yánjùn 。
Now the development of many companies has stalled at using traditional energy resources like coal. For many years they have been high-consumption, high-emissions and low-productivity energy sources. The environmental problems we're facing are getting more serious every day.
电,风,煤炭,石油
diàn ,fēng ,méitàn ,shíyóu
electric, wind, coal, oil
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当然了,这些传统能源用完就没有了。据估计,再过个五六十年,煤炭和石油就要被开采完了。到时候,全球就会陷入能源危机。
dāngrán le ,zhèxiē chuántǒng néngyuán yòng wán jiù méiyǒu le 。jù gūjì ,zài guò ge wǔ liùshí nián ,méitàn hé shíyóu jiùyào bèi kāicǎi wán le 。dào shíhou ,quánqiú jiù huì xiànrù néngyuán wēijī 。
Of course not. After these traditional energy sources are used up, they're no more. According to estimates, after another 50 or 60 years, coal and fossil fuels will all have been completely extracted. When that happens, the whole world will fall into an energy crisis.
那煤炭、石油、天然气是不可再生的吗?
nà méitàn 、shíyóu 、tiānránqì shì bùkězàishēng de ma ?
Then coal, fossil fuel and natural gas aren't renewable?