爵士
jué shì
Pinyin

Definition

爵士
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jué shì
  1. knight
  2. Sir
  3. (loanword) jazz

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人士
rén shì
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 figure
  3. 3 public figure
勇士
yǒng shì
  1. 1 a warrior
  2. 2 a brave person
博士
bó shì
  1. 1 doctor
  2. 2 court academician (in feudal China)
  3. 3 Ph.D.
士兵
shì bīng
  1. 1 soldier
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
女士
nǚ shì
  1. 1 lady
  2. 2 madam
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 位 wèi
  5. 5 Miss
  6. 6 Ms

Idioms (8)

仁人志士
rén rén zhì shì
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals
仁人义士
rén rén yì shì
  1. 1 those with lofty ideals (idiom)
  2. 2 men of vision
加官进爵
jiā guān jìn jué
  1. 1 promotion to the nobility (idiom)
博士买驴
bó shì mǎi lǘ
  1. 1 lit. the scholar buys a donkey (idiom); fig. long-winded verbiage that never gets to the point
  2. 2 idiom mocking scholastic pomposity
志士仁人
zhì shì rén rén
  1. 1 gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom); people with lofty ideals

Sample Sentences

这个爵士酒吧真不错啊！
zhège juéshìjiǔbā zhēn bùcuò a ！
This jazz bar is really great!
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现场表演的爵士乐也很赞。
xiànchǎngbiǎoyǎn de juéshìyuè yě hěn zàn 。
The live jazz music is great.
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爵士
juéshì
jazz
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就是要让年轻人羡慕我们的生活，呵呵。怎么样？咱们组建个老年爵士乐队吧。
jiùshì yào ràng niánqīngrén xiànmù wǒmen de shēnghuó ，hēhē 。zěnmeyàng ？zánmen zǔjiàn gè lǎonián juéshì yuèduì ba 。
I just want young people to envy our lives. Heh-heh. How about it? Let's start an old man's jazz band.
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当然咯。这也就是大乐队的魅力。十几个乐手在一起演奏爵士经典，穿插即兴发挥，调动观众的积极性。观众越投入，乐手也就越来劲儿。那种现场感，保证你一听钟情！
dāngrán luō 。zhè yě jiùshì dà yuèduì de mèilì 。shíjǐ ge yuèshǒu zài yīqǐ yǎnzòu juéshì jīngdiǎn ，chuānchā jíxìng fāhuī ，diàodòng guānzhòng de jījíxìng 。guānzhòng yuè tóurù ，yuèshǒu yě jiù yuè láijìnr 。nà zhǒng xiànchǎng gǎn ，bǎozhèng nǐ yī tīng zhōngqíng ！
Of course. That's also the charm of a Big Band. A bunch of musicians performing jazz classics together, alternating and improvising, getting the audience involved. The more energy the audience gives, the more energetically the musicians play. I guarantee it'll be love the first time you get that live-show feeling.
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我可以一心二用嘛。哟， 不愧是大乐队，那么大排场！爵士鼓、小号、长号、萨克斯风、钢琴、还有个指挥。搞这么一场演出还挺费劲的。
wǒ kěyǐ yīxīnèryòng ma 。yō ， bùkuì shì dà yuèduì ，nàme dà páichǎng ！juéshì gǔ 、xiǎohào 、chánghào 、sàkèsīfēng 、gāngqín 、hái yǒu ge zhǐhuī 。gǎo zhème yī chǎng yǎnchū hái tǐng fèijìn de 。
I can do two things at once. It sure deserves the name ''Big Band"-- such extravagance! Jazz drums, trumpets, trombones, saxaphones, piano, and there's a conductor, too. Putting on such a big show takes a lot of work.
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哇，这个爵士酒吧真不错。来的美眉都好漂亮！
wā ，zhège juéshì jiǔbā zhēn bùcuò 。lái de měiméi dōu hǎo piàoliang ！
Wow, this jazz bar is really great. There are so many hot chicks here!
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有啊，而且唱的都是绝对经典的歌，你一定喜欢！其实，你可以听听酸爵士。
yǒu ā ，érqiě chàng de dōu shì juéduì jīngdiǎn de gē ，nǐ yīdìng xǐhuan ！qíshí ，nǐ kěyǐ tīngting suān juéshì 。
Yes, and they'll be singing absolute classics! You'll certainly like them. Actually, you can give acid jazz a try.
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就是，现在这种人可多了。对于爵士一问三不知，还装得多么有知识似的。
jiùshì ，xiànzài zhè zhǒng rén kě duō le 。duìyú juéshì yīwènsānbùzhī ，hái zhuāng de duōme yǒu zhīshi shìde 。
That's for sure. There are so many people like that nowadays. They don't have the foggiest idea about jazz, but they act like they know all about it.
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你还挺小资的嘛！不过现在国内爱听爵士的人真是挺多的，有些是真喜欢，有些却是不懂装懂，把听爵士当成身份的象征。多做作！
nǐ hái tǐng xiǎozī de ma ！bùguò xiànzài guónèi ài tīng juéshì de rén zhēnshì tǐng duō de ，yǒuxiē shì zhēn xǐhuan ，yǒuxiē què shì bùdǒngzhuāngdǒng ，bǎ tīng juéshì dāngchéng shēnfèn de xiàngzhēng 。duō zuòzuo ！
You're a real hedonist! But these days a lot of people in China love jazz. Some people really like it, others just pretend they understand it. They make listening to jazz a sort of status symbol. It's so pretentious!
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