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1 Journey to the West, Ming dynasty novel by Wu Cheng'en 吳承恩|吴承恩, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
2 also called Pilgrimage to the West or Monkey

Idioms (20)

中西合璧

Zhōng Xī hé bì

1 harmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)

各奔东西

gè bèn dōng xī

1 to go separate ways (idiom)
2 to part ways with sb
3 Taiwan pr. [gè bēn dōng xī]

喝西北风

hē xī běi fēng

1 lit. drink the northwest wind (idiom); cold and hungry

夕阳西下

xī yáng xī xià

1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)

太阳从西边出来

tài yáng cóng xī biān chū lái

1 lit. the sun rises in the west (idiom)
2 fig. hell freezes over
3 pigs can fly

Sample Sentences

她又要去马来西亚了。

tā yòu yào qù Mǎláixīyà le 。

She is going to Malaysia again.

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是啊，这次日全食主要在印度尼西亚，我们航班经过的地区刚好是观赏日全食最棒的位置！

shì a ，zhècì rìquánshí zhǔyào zài Yìndùníxīyà ，wǒmen hángbān jīngguò de dìqū gānghǎo shì guānshǎng rìquánshí zuìbàng de wèizhi ！

Yes, this total solar eclipse was mostly in Indonesia, the area our flight passed through was the best location for viewing the total solar eclipse.

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当天，美国财政部发布针对主要贸易伙伴的《国际经济和汇率政策报告》，认为美国的主要贸易伙伴均未操纵汇率，但将中国、德国、爱尔兰、意大利、日本、韩国、马来西亚、新加坡和越南9个国家列入汇率政策监测名单。

dāngtiān ，Měiguó Cáizhèngbù fābù zhēnduì zhǔyào màoyì huǒbàn de 《guójì jīngjì hé huìlǜ zhèngcè bàogào 》，rènwéi Měiguó de zhǔyào màoyì huǒbàn jūn wèi cāozòng huìlǜ ，dàn jiāng Zhōngguó 、Déguó 、Àiěrlán 、Yìdàlì 、Rìběn 、Hánguó 、Mǎláixīyà 、Xīnjiāpō hé Yuènán ge guójiā lièrù huìlǜ zhèngcè jiāncè míngdān 。

On the same day, the US Treasury Department issued the "International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy Report" for major trading partners, stating that the major trading partners of the United States did not manipulate the exchange rate, but included China, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam, these nine countries in the list for policy monitoring.

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法国在精彩的冠军赛中成功重返荣耀，打败克罗埃西亚。

Fǎguó zài jīngcǎi de guànjūnsài zhōng chénggōng chóngfǎn róngyào ，dǎbài Kèluóāixīyà 。

France returns to glory by defeating Croatia in an exciting final.

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