礼拜 (禮拜)
lǐ bài
Pinyin

Definition

礼拜 (禮拜)
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lǐ bài
  1. week
  2. religious service
  3. worship
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

崇拜
chóng bài
  1. 1 to worship
  2. 2 adoration
拜年
bài nián
  1. 1 to pay a New Year call
  2. 2 to wish sb a Happy New Year
拜
bài
  1. 1 to pay respect
  2. 2 worship
  3. 3 visit
  4. 4 salute
拜拜
bái bái
  1. 1 (loanword) bye-bye
  2. 2 also pr. [bāi bāi] etc
  3. 3 (coll.) to part ways (with sb)
  4. 4 (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth)
拜托
bài tuō
  1. 1 to request sb to do sth
  2. 2 please!

Idioms (2)

顶礼膜拜
dǐng lǐ mó bài
  1. 1 to prostrate oneself in worship (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) to worship
  3. 3 to bow down to
黄鼠狼给鸡拜年
huáng shǔ láng gěi jī bài nián
  1. 1 Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom)

Sample Sentences

欸，跟你一起上了几个礼拜的课，都不知道你是哪里人。
èi ，gēn nǐ yīqǐ shàng le jǐ ge lǐbài de kè ，dōu bù zhīdào nǐ shì nǎlǐ rén 。
Ah, I've been taking classes with you for several weeks now and I don't even know where you're from.
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老李啊，上个礼拜联欢会上看到你和令千金一个唱歌、一个弹琴，真是好琴艺、好歌喉！
Lǎo Lǐ ā ，shàng ge lǐbài liánhuānhuì shàng kàndào nǐ hé lìngqiānjīn yī gè chànggē 、yī gè tánqín ，zhēn shì hǎo qínyì 、hǎo gēhóu ！
Lee! I saw you and your daughter at last week's party. One was playing the piano and one was singing. What a skilled pianist and what a great voice!
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两个礼拜前而已。
liǎng gè lǐbài qián éryǐ 。
Just two weeks ago.
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你明天吃一次烧烤，你的感冒就要晚一个礼拜才会好。
nǐ míngtiān chī yīcì shāokǎo ，nǐ de gǎnmào jiùyào wǎn yī ge lǐbài cái huì hǎo 。
If you eat barbecue tomorrow, your cold will take a week longer to get better.
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我刚刚从有机超市买了周末晚餐派对的食材，我上个礼拜就邀请你了，别忘了！
wǒ gānggāng cóng yǒujī chāoshì mǎi le zhōumò wǎncān pàiduì de shícái ，wǒ shàng gè lǐbài jiù yāoqǐng nǐ le ，bié wàng le ！
I just came from the organic supermarket to buy the ingredients for the dinner party at the weekend. I invited you last week, don't forget!
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挺顺利的，他们叫我下礼拜再去跟单位主管面试，老实说，能这么顺利多亏了你。
tǐng shùnlì de ，tāmen jiào wǒ xià lǐbài zài qù gēn dānwèi zhǔguǎn miànshì ，lǎoshi shuō ，néng zhème shùnlì duōkuī le nǐ 。
It went quite well actually. They've asked me to go next week to interview with the department manager. To be honest, it's all because of you that it went so well.
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下礼拜面试还是要麻烦你叫我起床，我的新工作就靠你了！
xià lǐbài miànshì háishì yào máfan nǐ jiào wǒ qǐchuáng ，wǒ de xīn gōngzuò jiù kào nǐ le ！
I would like to ask you to wake me up again for my interview next week. My new job totally depends on you!
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我订好机票了，下礼拜去伦敦。
wǒ dìng hǎo jīpiào le ，xià lǐbài qù Lúndūn 。
I've booked my plane tickets! I'm going to London next week.
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小王上个礼拜去了美国，昨天才回来。
Xiǎo Wáng shàng ge lǐbài qù le Měiguó ，zuótiān cái huílai 。
Xiao Wang just went to the States last week, he just got back yesterday.
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这本书我下个礼拜看了再给你。（因为说了“下个礼拜”，所以确定这是还没发生的，是在未来的是事）
zhè běn shū wǒ xià ge lǐbài kàn le zài gěi nǐ 。（yīnwèi shuōle “xià ge lǐbài ”，suǒyǐ quèdìng zhè shì hái méi fāshēng de ，shì zài wèilái de shì shì ）
I'll give you the book once I finish it next week. (because "next week" has been mentioned, we know that the action hasn't happened yet, it's an action in the future)
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