ChinesePod

1 round
2 lump
3 ball
4 to roll into a ball
5 to gather
6 regiment
7 group
8 society
9 classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke)

团圆

tuán yuán

1 to have a reunion

团队

tuán duì

1 team

戏

xì

1 trick
2 drama
3 play
4 show
5 classifier: 出 chū
6 classifier: 场 chǎng
7 classifier: 台 tái

Idioms (20)

一团和气

yī tuán hé qì

1 to keep on the right side of everyone (idiom)
2 warm and affable

一言既出，驷马难追

yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī

1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

一马平川

yī mǎ píng chuān

1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country

三个女人一台戏

sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì

1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

三马同槽

sān mǎ tóng cáo

1 three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Sī mǎ Yì] and his two sons); conspirators under the same roof

Sample Sentences

马戏团的表演很有意思。

mǎxìtuán de biǎoyǎn hěn yǒuyìsī 。

The circus performance was really good.

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李探长走进了马戏团的活动板房，发现走廊连接着的有四个并排的房间，鲁富的房间在走廊的尽头。

Lǐ tànzhǎng zǒu jìn le mǎxìtuán de huódòng bǎnfáng ，fāxiàn zǒuláng liánjiē zhe de yǒu sì gè bìngpái de fángjiān ，Lǔ Fù de fángjiān zài zǒuláng de jìntóu 。

Detective Li entered the circus troupe’s housing. He discovered four adjacent rooms on one side of the hall. Lu Fu’s room was at the end of the hallway.

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小尤在做完笔录后，向李探长报告说：“马戏团的老板叫鲁富。他早上起床后清点财物，之间上了趟厕所，大概5分钟后回到房间。可回来之后，便发现桌子上的一颗一克拉的裸钻不见了。”

XiǎoYóu zài zuò wán bǐlù hòu ，xiàng Lǐ tànzhǎng bàogào shuō ：“mǎxìtuán de lǎobǎn jiào LǔFù 。tā zǎoshang qǐchuáng hòu qīngdiǎn cáiwù ，zhījiān shàng le tàng cèsuǒ ，dàgài wǔ fēnzhōng hòu huí dào fángjiān 。kě huílai zhīhòu ，biàn fāxiàn zhuōzi shàng de yī kē yīkèlā de luǒzuàn bùjiànle 。”

Xiao You, after taking notes on the situation, reported to Detective Li: “The circus troupe’s boss is named Lu Fu. He got up this morning to tally the budget. During this time he went to use the bathroom and returned to his room about five minutes later. When he came back, he discovered the one-carat diamond that was sitting on his desk was gone.”

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电话那头报告说，城西的一个流动马戏团发生了盗窃案，要求李探长的小组马上到达。

diànhuà nà tóu bàogào shuō ，chéngxī de yī gè liúdòng mǎxìtuán fāshēng le dàoqièàn ，yāoqiú Lǐ tànzhǎng de xiǎozǔ mǎshàng dàodá 。

The message reported that a circus troupe in the west of the city had been burgled and that Detective Li and his team were required at the scene immediately.

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在处理完马戏团盗窃案之后，李探长他们马上开车前往城北的永康路。因为有人报案，称清早在永康小区85号楼发现了一连串的血脚印，而且从地下室飘出了煤气味。

zài chǔlǐ wán mǎxìtuán dàoqièàn zhīhòu ，Lǐ tànzhǎng tāmen mǎshàng kāichē qiánwǎng chéngběi de yǒngkānglù 。yīnwèi yǒurén bàoàn ，chēng qīngzǎo zài yǒngkāng xiǎoqū bāshíwǔ hào lóu fāxiàn le yīliánchuàn de xiě jiǎoyìn ，érqiě cóng dìxiàshì piāo chū le méiqì wèi 。

After solving the mystery of the circus burglary, Detective Li and his team drove north to Yongkang Road. Someone had reported that they had discovered a trail of bloody footprints and the smell of gas wafting from the basement of building 85 in the Yongkang housing compound.

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