羊毛
yáng máo
Pinyin

Definition

羊毛
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yáng máo
  1. fleece
  2. wool
  3. woolen

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

毛
Máo
  1. 1 surname Mao
毛衣
máo yī
  1. 1 (wool) sweater
  2. 2 classifier: 件 jiàn
白羊座
Bái yáng zuò
  1. 1 Aries (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
羊
Yáng
  1. 1 surname Yang
羊毛
yáng máo
  1. 1 fleece
  2. 2 wool
  3. 3 woolen

Idioms (20)

一毛不拔
yī máo bù bá
  1. 1 stingy (idiom)
九牛一毛
jiǔ niú yī máo
  1. 1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. a drop in the ocean
亡羊补牢
wáng yáng bǔ láo
  1. 1 lit. to mend the pen after sheep are lost (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to act belatedly
  3. 3 better late than never
  4. 4 to lock the stable door after the horse has bolted
千里寄鹅毛
qiān lǐ jì é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it
  2. 2 also written 千里送鵝毛|千里送鹅毛
千里送鹅毛
qiān lǐ sòng é máo
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar (idiom); a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it

Sample Sentences

你当其他厂家都是傻瓜啊？好点子谁会想不到，关键是有没有人舍得买。现在的消费者都精得很，羊毛出在羊身上的道理谁都懂。iPhone的价格相对一般手机来说，简直就是天价，这种奢侈品有几个平民百姓会去买？
nǐ dàng qítā chǎngjiā dōu shì shǎguā a ？hǎo diǎnzi shéi huì xiǎngbudào ，guānjiàn shì yǒuméiyǒu rén shěde mǎi 。xiànzài de xiāofèizhě dōu jīng de hěn ，yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang de dàolǐ shéi dōu dǒng 。iPhonede jiàgé xiāngduì yībān shǒujī láishuō ，jiǎnzhí jiùshì tiānjià ，zhèzhǒng shēchǐpǐn yǒu jǐge píngmín bǎixìng huì qù mǎi ？
Do you think the other companies are idiots? Anyone can think of this stuff, but the main thing is that no one was willing to buy. Consumers these days are really clever. They understand that there is no free lunch. Compared with other cell phones, the iPhone is astronomically expensive. How many normal folks would really go buy such an extravagant product?
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毛笔一般来说是用羊毛或狼毛做的，也有兔毛的，羊毛比较硬，狼毛、兔毛比较软，通常买到的都是“兼毫”，也就是混合羊毛和狼毛或兔毛的。
máobǐ yībānláishuō shì yòng yángmáo huò lángmáo zuò de ，yě yǒu tùmáo de ，yángmáo bǐjiào yìng ，lángmáo 、tùmáo bǐjiào ruǎn ，tōngcháng mǎidào de dōu shì “jiānháo ”，yějiùshì hùnhé yángmáo hé lángmáo huò tùmáo de 。
Generally speaking, calligraphy pens are made of wool or wolf hairs. There are also rabbit hair brushes. Wool brushes are tougher. Wolf and rabbit brushes are softer. The ones you usually come across are mixed hair brushes - "jian1 hao2". These ones are usually a mix of wool with wolf or rabbit.
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好的。您这是中长大衣，干洗一件是28元，西装一套是40元。羊毛毯因为比较大，洗起来比较麻烦，需要120元。一共是188元。这是您的收据，请您仔细核对后在右下角签名。
hǎo de 。nín zhè shì zhōngcháng dàyī ，gānxǐ yījiàn shì èrshíbā yuán ，xīzhuāng yītào shì sìshí yuán 。yángmáo tǎn yīnwèi bǐjiào dà ，xǐ qǐlai bǐjiào máfan ，xūyào yībǎi èrshí yuán 。yígòng shì yībǎi bāshíbā yuán 。zhè shì nín de shōujù ，qǐng nín zǐxì héduì hòu zài yòuxiàjiǎo qiānmíng 。
OK. This medium-length coat will cost 28 yuan to dry clean; the suit costs 40 yuan. The woolen blanket is quite large, and washing it will be a bit more troublesome, so it will cost 120 yuan. Altogether it will cost 188 yuan. Here is your receipt. Please check it carefully, then sign your name at the lower right.
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没问题。我这儿有一件大衣，一套西装，和一床羊毛毯。
méi wèntí 。wǒ zhèr yǒu yījiàn dàyī ，yītào xīzhuāng ，hé yī chuáng yángmáo tǎn 。
No problem. I have a coat, a suit, and a woolen blanket here.
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羊毛出在羊身上，团购是便宜，但是一听我们是团购客人，人家服务员马上就变脸，连杯白开水都不给我们倒。
yángmáo chū zài yáng shēnshang ，tuángòu shì piányi ，dànshì yī tīng wǒmen shì tuángòu kèrén ，rénjiā fúwùyuán mǎshàng jiù biànliǎn ，lián bēi báikāishuǐ dōu bù gěi wǒmen dào 。
“The wool comes from the sheep”. Group buys are cheap, but as soon as they hear that we're using a group buy, the waiters' grow hostile. They won't even pour a glass of water for us.
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行，我这里的羊毛料子很好。你摸一下，多软啊！
xíng ，wǒ zhèlǐ de yángmáo liàozi hěn hǎo 。nǐ mō yīxià ，duō ruǎn ā ！
Sure. The wool I have here is very good. Here, feel it. It’s very soft!
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热死了，我去把羊毛衫脱了。
rè sǐ le ，wǒ qù bǎ yángmáoshān tuō le 。
It's so hot. I'm going to go take off my wool sweater.
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一件羽绒服，两件羊毛衫，还有一件秋衣。
yī jiàn yǔróngfú ，liǎng jiàn yángmáoshān ，háiyǒu yī jiàn qiūyī 。
A down jacket, two wool sweaters and long underwear.
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