那天
nà tiān
Pinyin
Definition
那天
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- that day
- the other day
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一人得道,鸡犬升天
- 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
- 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
- 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
- 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南,一个地北
- 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一柱擎天
- 1 lit. to support the sky as a single pillar (idiom)
- 2 fig. to take a crucial responsibility upon one's shoulders
一步登天
- 1 reaching heaven in a single bound (idiom); (esp. with negative: don't expect) instant success
三天不打,上房揭瓦
- 1 three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom)
- 2 spare the rod, spoil the child
Sample Sentences
后来秦宇向女孩儿的邻居们打听,才知道原来女孩儿7月31日在上海看完话剧表演后,在回酒店的路上被一个酒后驾车的司机撞上,当场身亡,香消玉陨了,而8月7日那天正好是女孩儿的头七。
Afterwards, QinYu asked the girl's neighbor. As it turned out, the girl got hit by a drunk driver on her way back to the hotel, right after she watched the play in Shanghai on 31st of July. She died at the scene. This pretty girl perished along with her fragrance. August 7th is the 7th day after her death.
嗯!对对对!我好像也看过,呐!就好比说...你还记得结婚那天你喝醉酒,最后把你扛回家的是谁吗?
Yes, that's right! I think I read it too! So it's like... do you still remember who carried you home in the end when you got drunk on our wedding day?
对啊,那些年的艾佛森刷新了一个又一个的纪录,是联盟中一块鲜明的招牌。虽然他到退役那天都没能获得总冠军戒指。
Yes, in those years Iverson broke record after record, he was a poster-boy for the conference. Even though he didn't manage to get a championship ring before he retired.
过两天就是双11了,我那天想请个假,找他批个假条。
In two days time it's Singles Day. I would like to take a day off. I need him to approve my leave request.
你是不知道,双11不知那天我必须得在家呆着,要不然得出大事儿。
You don't get it. I need to be at home on Singles Day, otherwise something awful is going to happen.
这真是天大的误会,那天我说不想去是因为我前一天才刚去了那家餐厅。
This really is quite a misunderstanding. The reason why I didn't want to go that time was because I'd just been to that restaurant the day before.
天音告诉我,你下星期就要去英国念书了,你出发的那天我不能去机场送你,所以我写这张卡片给你。
Tianyin told me you're going to the UK next week to study. I won't be able to go to the airport to see you off that day, so I've written this card for you.
好啦,我那天没事,就勉强帮帮你吧。
OK, I don't have anything to do that day, so I guess I can help you if I must.
我那天刚好要加班,没办法去抢票,不知道亲爱的小琳姑娘你是否愿意...
It so happens that on that day I have to work overtime, so I won't be able to queue up for tickets. I don't know if my dearest darling Xiaolin would be willing...
哎,我有个好主意。我们做个周岁成长影集,选有意义的照片,比如满月、一百天、六个月、长牙的照片等等,到周岁那天再去拍两张照片,把这些照片放在一起制作一个影集。
Oh! I have an idea. We could make a photo album for his first birthday and choose significant photos, like when he was a month old, one hundred days, six months and when he got his teeth, up until his first birthday when we'd take some pictures and put them altogether in the album.