读书 (讀書)
dú shū
Pinyin

Definition

读书 (讀書)
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dú shū
  1. to read a book
  2. to study
  3. to attend school

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

图书馆
tú shū guǎn
  1. 1 library
  2. 2 classifier: 家 jiā
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
情书
qíng shū
  1. 1 love letter
书
Shū
  1. 1 abbr. for 書經|书经[Shū jīng]
书写
shū xiě
  1. 1 to write
书记
shū ji
  1. 1 secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party)
  2. 2 clerk
  3. 3 scribe

Idioms (13)

仰屋著书
yǎng wū zhù shū
  1. 1 lit. to stare at the ceiling while writing a book (idiom); to put one's whole body and soul into a book
折节读书
zhé jié dú shū
  1. 1 to start reading furiously, contrary to previous habit (idiom)
掉书袋
diào shū dài
  1. 1 lit. to wave around one's bookbag (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to show off one's erudition
  3. 3 a person who does so
书不尽言
shū bù jìn yán
  1. 1 I have much more to say than can be written in this letter (conventional letter ending) (idiom)
书香门第
shū xiāng mén dì
  1. 1 family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family

Sample Sentences

我的同学总是一直抱怨书读不完。宁做蚂蚁腿，不学麻雀嘴。一直说话不读书，当然读不完啦。
wǒ de tóngxué zǒngshì yīzhí bàoyuàn shū dú bù wán 。nìngzuòmǎyǐtuǐ,bùxuémǎquèzuǐ 。yīzhí shuōhuà bù dúshū ，dāngrán dú bù wán la 。
My classmate always complains there is too much to study. Do more and talk less. If you keep talking instead of studying, then of course you can't finish studying.
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说到读书，就赶上各个学校扩招了，上大学是变得比父辈容易多了，可是大学毕业工作不包分配了。
shuōdào dúshū ，jiù gǎnshàng gègè xuéxiào kuòzhāo le ，shàng dàxué shì biànde bǐ fùbèi róngyì duō le ，kěshì dàxué bìyè gōngzuò bù bāo fēnpèi le 。
Talking of studying, as we were in time for the effort to expand admission to schools, getting into university was a lot easier than our parents' generation, but there were no guaranteed job assignments after graduating from university.
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以前我读书的时候，大家都不喜欢举手问问题，因为他们觉得问问题的人是在出风头。
yǐqián wǒ dúshū de shíhou ，dàjiā dōu bù xǐhuan jǔshǒu wèn wèntí ，yīnwèi tāmen juéde wèn wèntí de rén shì zài chūfēngtou 。
When I was a student, people didn't like to raise their hands to ask questions during the class because they would think the person asking questions is showing off.
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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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我是认真的！期末考快到了，要开始读书了！
wǒ shì rènzhēn de ！qīmòkǎo kuài dàoliǎo ，yào kāishǐ dúshū le ！
I am serious! The finals are coming, you should start studying!
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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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我们可以说一个人好马不停蹄。他可能非常认真工作，或是非常认真读书。
wǒmen kěyǐ shuō yīgē rén hǎomǎbùtíngtí 。tā kěnéng fēicháng rènzhēn gōngzuò ，huòshì fēicháng rènzhēn dúshū 。
A person is like a horse galloping without stopping. He might work really hard or study really hard.
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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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十一号就要考试了。开始读书了吗？
shíyī hào jiù yào kǎoshì le 。kāishǐ dúshū le ma ？
We are having an exam on the 11th. Have you started studying yet?
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你读书了吗？
nǐ dúshū le ma ？
Did you study?
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