颐和园 (頤和園)
Yí hé yuán
Pinyin
Definition
颐和园 (頤和園)
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- Summer Palace in Beijing
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一唱一和
- 1 to echo one another (idiom)
一团和气
- 1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
- 2 warm and affable
丈二和尚,摸不着头脑
- 1 lit. like a three-meter high monk, you can't rub his head (idiom)
- 2 fig. at a total loss
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
做一天和尚撞一天钟
- 1 lit. as a monk for today, toll today's bell (idiom)
- 2 fig. to do one's job mechanically
- 3 to hold a position passively
Sample Sentences
多了。北京的长城、故宫、颐和园。
There are a lot. In Beijing there is the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace.
如果我是你,我会在北京待三天。因为北京有很多名胜古迹,比如说长城,颐和园,天安门广场。
If I were you, I’d stay in Beijing for three days. There are many tourist attractions in Beijing, such as the Great Wall, the Summer Palace and Tiananmen Square.
我也是。我觉得不仅是北京人,应该是所有中国人,一提起2008年的奥运会就会充满了激动与向往。我一出飞机场就感受到这种气氛,到处是“北京欢迎您”的标语和吉祥物“福娃”可爱的笑脸,让你立刻联想到北京人民和所有中国人的友好与热情。更有意义的是,我还专门去颐和园参加了奥运会的倒计时活动,真是一次难忘的经历。
Me, too. I think it's not just Beijingers-- probably all Chinese people get full of excitement and expectation at the mention of the 2008 Olympics. As soon as I got off the airport I felt this atmosphere. ''Beijing Welcomes You" banners and the cute, laughing faces of the ''Fuwa" mascots are everywhere. It makes you think immediately of the friendliness and enthusiasm of the people of Beijing and of China. Even more significant, I made a special trip to the Summer Palace to take part in a countdown ceremony for the Games. It was really an unforgettable experience.