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1 a fire in the city gates is also a calamity for the fish in the moat (idiom); the bystander will also suffer
2 fig. you can't escape responsibility for your actions
3 ask not for whom the bell tolls - it tolls for thee

酒池肉林

jiǔ chí ròu lín

1 lakes of wine and forests of meat (idiom); debauchery
2 sumptuous entertainment

高城深池

gāo chéng shēn chí

1 high walls and deep moat (idiom); impenetrable defense

Sample Sentences

但是同样是锂电池高速度电瓶车，小牛的价格可是亲民多了。

dànshì tóngyàng shì lǐdiànchí gāo sùdù diànpíngchē ，xiǎoniú de jiàgé kě shì qīnmín duō le 。

But both of them are high-speed lithium battery-powered scooters. It's just that the pricing of the NIU scooter is a lot more consumer-friendly.

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你这什么名堂，我看它最挨骂的就是这不接地气的电池租用交换模式，你倒是赞不绝口，你这是讲真的还是讲假的？

nǐ zhè shénme míngtang ，wǒ kàn tā zuì ái mà de jiùshì zhè bù jiēdèqì de diànchí zū yòng jiāohuàn móshì ，nǐ dàoshì zànbùjuékǒu ，nǐ zhè shì jiǎng zhēnde háishì jiǎng jiǎde ？

What the heck are you talking about? I thought it was the impracticality of this battery-swapping network that was the source of criticism for the company, but you can't stop singing its praises. Are you being serious?

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那你看，现在大数据这么流行，但真正用大数据来改善普罗大众生活的技术有多少？这台狗肉的电池交换系统就是一个利用大数据来整合能源使用率的系统，比起以前个人花费大把时间和费用给车子充电，岂不是聪明多了？

nà nǐ kàn ，xiànzài dà shùjù zhème liúxíng ，dàn zhēnzhèng yòng dà shùjù lái gǎishàn pǔluódàzhòng shēnghuó de jìshù yǒu duōshao ？zhè tái gǒuròu de diànchí jiāohuàn xìtǒng jiùshì yī gè lìyòng dà shùjù lái zhěnghé néngyuán shǐyòng lǜ de xìtǒng ，bǐqǐ yǐqián gèrén huāfèi dàbǎ shíjiān hé fèiyòng gěi chēzi chōngdiàn ，qǐbùshì cōngming duō le ？

Then look. Big data is so popular now, but how much can big data really be used to improve the technology for the average man on the street? This Goo Row battery exchange network uses big data to integrate battery usage systems, compared to the previous vehicle charging systems which meant people had to shell out time and money. Isn't it smarter?

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很多你以前没想到的东西，举凡厨余、塑料、电池，都可以回收。

hěn duō nǐ yǐqián méixiǎngdào de dōngxi ，jǔfán chúyú 、sùliào 、diànchí ，dōu kěyǐ huíshōu 。

Lots of things you'd never have thought of can be recycled, such as kitchen scraps, plastic and batteries.

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我也有一颗电池。

wǒ yě yǒu yī kē diànchí 。

I also have a battery.

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不是，是可以充电的锂电池。

búshì ，shì kěyǐ chōngdiàn de lǐdiànchí 。

No, it uses rechargeable lithium batteries.

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对了，这台机器使用的是一般电池吗？

duìle ，zhè tái jīqì shǐyòng de shì yìbān diànchí ma ？

Oh, by the way, does this machine use normal batteries?

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手电筒没电了，我一直忘了换电池。

shǒudiàntǒng méidiàn le ，wǒ yīzhí wàng le huàn diànchí 。

The torch doesn't have any battery, I keep forgetting to replace the batteries.

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我看看。是电池装反了？

wǒ kànkan 。shì diànchí zhuāng fǎn le ？

Let me see. Is the battery in the wrong way?

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光波表是不用电池的，用太阳能或者别的光源都可以为手表充电。它会接收电波，自动校正时间和日期。

guāngbōbiǎo shì bùyòng diànchí de ，yòng tàiyángnéng huòzhě biéde guāngyuán dōu kěyǐ wèi shǒubiǎo chōngdiàn 。tā huì jiēshōu diànbō ，zìdòng jiàozhèng shíjiān hé rìqī 。

Solar-powered watches do not need a battery; they can be charged by the sun or by other light sources. They receive electromagnetic waves and automatically adjust the time and date.

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