铁人三项 (鐵人三項)
tiě rén sān xiàng
Pinyin
Definition
铁人三项 (鐵人三項)
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- triathlon
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
一倡三叹
- 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
- 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
Sample Sentences
不了。我在准备铁人三项赛,很多东西不能吃。
I can't. I'm preparing for the ironman triathlon. There's a lot of stuff that I can't eat.
你什么时候开始练铁人三项的?
When did you start training for the ironman triathlon?
铁人三项很累吧?一共多少距离呀?
The ironman triathlon must be really tiring. How long is it in total?