空气污染 (空氣污染)
kōng qì wū rǎn
Pinyin
Definition
空气污染 (空氣污染)
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- air pollution
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一纸空文
- 1 a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
- 1 the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
- 2 the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
- 3 the place is deserted
- 4 the birds have flown
两手空空
- 1 empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
出淤泥而不染
- 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
Sample Sentences
申办冬奥会,北京的劣势是空气污染。
In applying to hold the Winter Olympics, Beijing's disadvantage is air pollution.
I'm still not optimistic about the prospects for environmental protection. Just doing a few little things is not nearly enough. Everywhere you look are erosion, water shortages, and air pollution. If we don't start paying more attention, after a few more years, people will need masks and oxygen bottles to survive. What a huge tragedy.