积木 (積木)
jī mù
Pinyin
Definition
积木 (積木)
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- toy building blocks
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一木难支
- 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
- 2 fig. one is helpless alone
人生一世,草木一春
- 1 Man has but one life, grass but one spring (idiom). fig. the brevity of human existence
你走你的阳关道,我过我的独木桥
- 1 lit. you hit the high road, I'll cross the log bridge (idiom)
- 2 fig. you go your way, I'll go mine
- 3 you do it your way, I'll do it mine
刚毅木讷
- 1 resolute and taciturn (idiom)
十年树木,百年树人
- 1 It takes ten years to nurture a tree, but a hundred years to train a man (idiom). A good education program takes a long time to develop.
Sample Sentences
把这些不同形状的积木放进这辆车里?
You put these differently shaped blocks into the car?
对。你看,这辆车有很多不同形状的洞。要这样放,比如这是一个圆形的积木,就把它从圆形的洞里放进去。
That's right. See, this car has lots of differently shaped holes. You put them in like this. For example, this is a circular block. You just put it into the circular hole.
那你喜欢积木吗?
Then do you like blocks?
积木不好玩。
Blocks aren't any fun.
这你就不懂了。我小时候的玩具虽然简单,但怎么也玩不腻。比如积木,弹子,沙袋,还有毽子。一放学,就和一大堆同学围在一起玩。哎,可惜了,现在这些都成老古董了,没人玩了。
Ah, you don't understand. The toys from my childhood were simple, but we never got tired of them. For example, wooden blocks, marbles, bean bags, and ``foot shuttlecocks." As soon as I got out of school, I'd get together with a big group of classmates to play. Ah, what a shame... these are all so outdated now, no one plays with them.