礼物 (禮物)
lǐ wù
Pinyin

Definition

礼物 (禮物)
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lǐ wù
  1. gift
  2. present
  3. CL:件[jiàn],個|个[gè],份[fèn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

事物
shì wù
  1. 1 thing
  2. 2 object
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
人物
rén wù
  1. 1 person
  2. 2 character (in a play, novel etc)
  3. 3 protagonist
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
动物
dòng wù
  1. 1 animal
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 群 qún
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
宠物
chǒng wù
  1. 1 house pet
植物
zhí wù
  1. 1 plant
  2. 2 vegetation
  3. 3 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

一物降一物
yī wù xiáng yī wù
  1. 1 lit. one object bests another object
  2. 2 every item has a weakness (idiom)
  3. 3 there is a rock to every scissor, a scissor to every paper, and a paper to every rock
仁民爱物
rén mín ài wù
  1. 1 love to all creatures (idiom, from Mencius); universal benevolence
价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
博物洽闻
bó wù qià wén
  1. 1 to have a wide knowledge of many subjects (idiom)
厚德载物
hòu dé zài wù
  1. 1 with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)

Sample Sentences

那情人节呢，男神应该准备什么礼物才最完美呢？
nà qíngrénjié ne ，nánshén yīnggāi zhǔnbèi shénme lǐwù cái zuì wánměi ne ？
And Valentine's Day? What would be the perfect gift that this dream guy would prepare for you?
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坐小赵的车，吃了饭过去比较不打扰他，也顺路买点礼物。
zuò Xiǎo Zhào de chē ，chī le fàn guòqù bǐjiào bù dǎrǎo tā ，yě shùnlù mǎi diǎnr lǐwù 。
We're going in Xiao Zhao's car. If we go after dinner we'll be less likely to cause him hassle and we can buy a present on the way.
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为了看到朋友惊讶的模样，我们假装不记得他的生日，直到晚上才送上礼物。
wèile kàndào péngyou jīngyà de múyàng ，wǒmen jiǎzhuāng bù jìde tā de shēngrì ，zhídào wǎnshang cái sòng shàng lǐwù 。
In order to see the surprising look on our friend's face, we pretended to forget his birthday and did not give him a present until night.
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我送了他一个独一无二的礼物。
wǒ sòng le tā yī ge dúyīwúèr de lǐwù 。
I gave him a unique present.
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打开礼物
dǎkāi lǐwù
open the present
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小礼物
xiǎo lǐwù
Small gift
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你送的礼物，我当然留着。
nǐ sòng de lǐwù ，wǒ dāngrán liú zhe 。
Of course I kept your present.
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我终于收到我爸爸给我寄来的生日礼物了。
wǒ zhōngyú shōudào wǒ bàba gěi wǒ jì lái de shēngrì lǐwù le 。
I finally got the birthday present that my dad sent me.
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你真是料事如神啊，这都猜中了。没错，生日，帮忙挑个礼物呗。
nǐ zhēn shì liào shì rú shén ā ，zhè dōu cāizhòng le 。méicuò ，shēngrì ，bāngmáng tiāo gè lǐwù bēi 。
You like a psychic, you even guessed this right. That's right, it's her birthday, so you can help me pick a present, right?
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我打算给我的新女友买件儿礼物，啧，真难！不晓得送什么能让她高兴。
wǒ dǎsuàn gěi wǒ de xīn nǚyǒu mǎi jiànr lǐwù ，zé ，zhēn nán ！bù xiǎode sòng shénme néng ràng tā gāoxìng 。
I plan to buy a present for my new girlfriend, huh! It's so hard! I don't know what I can get her that can make her happy.
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