考试 (考試)
kǎo shì
Pinyin

Definition

考试 (考試)
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kǎo shì
  1. to take an exam
  2. exam
  3. CL:次[cì]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

思考
sī kǎo
  1. 1 to reflect on
  2. 2 to ponder over
考
kǎo
  1. 1 to beat
  2. 2 to hit
  3. 3 variant: 考 kǎo
  4. 4 to inspect
  5. 5 to test
  6. 6 to take an exam
考完
kǎo wán
  1. 1 to finish an exam
考虑
kǎo lǜ
  1. 1 to think over
  2. 2 to consider
  3. 3 consideration
考试
kǎo shì
  1. 1 to take an exam
  2. 2 exam
  3. 3 classifier: 次 cì

Idioms (1)

久经考验
jiǔ jīng kǎo yàn
  1. 1 well tested (idiom); seasoned
  2. 2 veteran

Sample Sentences

老师，我想加长考试时间。
lǎoshī ，wǒ xiǎng jiācháng kǎoshì shíjiān 。
Teacher, I want to extend the exam time.
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马上要考试了，你还不复习呀？
mǎshàng yào kǎoshì le ，nǐ hái bù fùxí ya ？
Exams are approaching, you’re still not reviewing?
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明天的考试，我十拿九稳。
míngtiān de kǎoshì ，wǒ shínájiǔwěn 。
I am certain that I will pass the test tomorrow.
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我突然想起明天要考试，我完全没有复习，真是晴天霹雳呀！
wǒ tūrán xiǎngqǐ míngtiān yào kǎoshì ，wǒ wánquán méiyǒu fùxí ，zhēnshi qíngtiānpīlì ya ！
I just remembered that we have an exam tomorrow. I haven’t studied at all. It’s a bolt from the blue.
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明天要考试了，我的心七上八下。
míngtiān yào kǎoshì le ，wǒ de xīn qīshàngbāxià 。
I have an exam tomorrow so my mind is in a perturbed state.
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上个星期，我在准备考试。
shànggèxīngqī ，wǒ zài zhǔnbèi kǎoshì 。
I was studying for my exam last week.
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以前在学校读书的时候，特别是在考试之前，一定有一位同学总是说：“这次考试好简单呀！不用读、不用读。”
yǐqián zài xuéxiào dúshū de shíhou ，tèbié shì zài kǎoshì zhīqián ，yīdìng yǒu yī wèi tóngxué zǒngshì shuō ：“zhè cì kǎoshì hǎo jiǎndān ya ！bùyòng dú 、bùyòng dú 。”
Back when I was studying at school, especially before exams, there was always one classmate who would say, ‘The test will be so easy this time! I won’t have to study.’
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他每一次都这样说，但是考试其实很难，结果大家都没读，到最后他拿了第一名。这种人就是在扮猪吃老虎。
tā měi yī cì dōu zhèyàng shuō ，dànshì kǎoshì qíshí hěn nán ，jiéguǒ dàjiā dōu méi dú ，dào zuìhòu tā ná le dì yī míng 。zhèzhǒng rén jiùshì zài bànzhūchīlǎohǔ 。
He said that every time. But the exam was actually hard. In the end, no one studied and he came first in class. What he did was to pretend to be weak to take advantage of others.
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这一次考试他都没读书，但是不会的题目都猜对了，简直是瞎猫碰到死耗子。
zhè yī cì kǎoshì tā dōu méi dúshū ，dànshì bù huì de tímù dōu cāi duì le ，jiǎnzhí shì xiāmāopèngdàosǐhàozi 。
He didn’t study at all for the test this time, but he managed to guess the correct answers. He is such a lucky devil.
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他最近要考试了，所以一直在读书。果然好马不停蹄。
tā zuìjìn yào kǎoshì le ，suǒyǐ yīzhí zài dúshū 。guǒrán hǎomǎbùtíngtí 。
There’s an exam coming up soon, so he studies so hard. He is such a workhorse.
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