稀薄
xī bó
Pinyin

Definition

稀薄
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xī bó
  1. thin
  2. rarefied

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

微薄
wēi bó
  1. 1 scanty
  2. 2 meager
稀饭
xī fàn
  1. 1 porridge
  2. 2 gruel
薄
Bó
  1. 1 surname Bo
依稀
yī xī
  1. 1 vaguely
  2. 2 dimly
  3. 3 probably
  4. 4 very likely
刻薄
kè bó
  1. 1 unkind
  2. 2 harsh
  3. 3 cutting
  4. 4 mean
  5. 5 acrimony
  6. 6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions

Idioms (17)

人烟稀少
rén yān xī shǎo
  1. 1 no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate
刻薄寡恩
kè bó guǎ ēn
  1. 1 harsh and merciless (idiom)
厚古薄今
hòu gǔ bó jīn
  1. 1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚死薄生
hòu sǐ bó shēng
  1. 1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living
  2. 2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚积薄发
hòu jī bó fā
  1. 1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)
  2. 2 good preparation is the key to success
  3. 3 to be well prepared

Sample Sentences

因为大气层稀薄，所以反射太阳光的能力不如地球，进而也促进了水星高温地表的形成。
yīnwèi dàqìcéng xībó ，suǒyǐ fǎnshè tàiyángguāng de nénglì bùrú dìqiú ，jìnér yě cùjìn le Shuǐxīng gāowēn dìbiǎo de xíngchéng 。
On account of the thin layer of atmosphere, it cannot reflect sunlight as much as the Earth does, and furthermore lead to the formation of Mercury's high temperature surface.
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水星的大气层究竟有多稀薄呢？它只有地球大气层密度的百分之十二。
Shuǐxīng de dàqìcéng jiūjìng yǒu duō xībó ne ？tā zhǐ yǒu dìqiú dàqìcéng mìdù de bǎifēnzhī shíèr 。
How thin the layer of atmosphere is on Mercury? It is 12% of the atmosphere density on Earth.
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但即使反射出去了，因为稀薄的大气层，水星在需要留住太阳光的温度时仍然留不住，所以到了晚上，温度又会急速下降到零下173摄氏度。
dàn jíshǐ fǎnshè chūqù le ，yīnwèi xībó de dàqìcéng ，Shuǐxīng zài xūyào liúzhù tàiyángguāng de wēndù shí réngrán liú bù zhù ，suǒyǐ dào le wǎnshang ，wēndù yòu huì jísù xiàjiàng dào língxià yībǎiqīshísān Shèshìdù 。
But even though the sunlight reflected, Mercury can't remain the heat of sunlight owing to the thin layer of atmosphere. So when night arrives, the temperature nosedives to -173 degree celsius.
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