百货商店 (百貨商店)
bǎi huò shāng diàn
Pinyin
Definition
百货商店 (百貨商店)
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- department store
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一传十,十传百
- 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
- 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一呼百应
- 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
- 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
- 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call
一通百通
- 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
三百六十行
- 1 all walks of life (idiom)
- 2 every trade
Sample Sentences
既然你这么说,那我有空一定要去尝尝那儿的菜。哎呀,看不出你对上海的老字号还真的挺了解,不如你再给我说说上海有哪些老字号的百货商店吧。
Since you put it that way, I definitely have to go there sometime and give the food a try. Oh man, you can't tell by looking that you know so much about Shanghai's respected stores. How about you tell me a bit about Shanghai's best-respected department stores?
我只知道南京路上有很多的百货商店,可是从来没数过有几家。
I just know that there are a lot of department stores on Nanjing Road. But I've never counted how many there are.
上海经常被称为东方巴黎。因为上海人, 特别是上海女性非常重视自己的外表。上海有很多百货商店。女性可以买最时髦的衣服。许多女性花很多钱买衣服和配饰。百货商店打折的时候, 商店外经常有人排队。上海女性的品味是全国有名的。
Shanghai is often called ‘the Paris of the East.’ That's because Shanghainese people, and especially Shanghainese women, pay close attention to their appearance.There are many department stores in Shanghai. Shanghainese women can buy the trendiest clothes.Many women spend a lot of money buying clothes and accessories.When department stores have a sale, there are often people lined up outside. Shanghainese women's taste is famous all around the country.