高楼 (高樓)
gāo lóu
Pinyin

Definition

高楼 (高樓)
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gāo lóu
  1. high building
  2. multistory building
  3. skyscraper
  4. CL:座[zuò]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

提高
tí gāo
  1. 1 to raise
  2. 2 to increase
  3. 3 to improve
最高
zuì gāo
  1. 1 tallest
  2. 2 highest
  3. 3 supreme (court etc)
高
Gāo
  1. 1 surname Gao
高中
gāo zhōng
  1. 1 senior high school
  2. 2 abbr. for 高級中學|高级中学[gāo jí zhōng xué]
高手
gāo shǒu
  1. 1 expert
  2. 2 past master
  3. 3 dab hand

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己，高高挂起
shì bù guān jǐ , gāo gāo guà qǐ
  1. 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
债台高筑
zhài tái gāo zhù
  1. 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt

Sample Sentences

从北京向东看，潮白河对岸，高楼鳞次栉比，尽显繁华。
cóng Běijīng xiàng dōng kàn ，cháobáihé duìàn ，gāolóu líncìzhìbǐ ，jìnxiǎn fánhuá 。
View from the east of Beijing is the Chaobai River on the other side with rows after rows of tall buildings depicting a flourishing city.
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哇，到处都是高楼大厦！老公，快快快，我要跟东方明珠合个影。
wā ，dàochù dōu shì gāolóudàshà ！lǎogōng ，kuàikuàikuài ，wǒ yào gēn Dōngfāngmíngzhū hé ge yǐng 。
Wow, there're skyscrapers and big buildings everywhere! Honey, hurry up. I want to take a picture with the Oriental Pearl Tower.
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现在的第一高楼是环球金融中心吧？
xiànzài de dì yī gāolóu shì Huánqiú jīnróng zhōngxīn ba ？
Right now the tallest building is the Shanghai World Financial Center, right?
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这位团友说的是，看到一串球的就是东方明珠了，俗称“糖葫芦”。过去它是上海的第一高楼，现在已经排到第三了。
zhè wèi tuányǒu shuōdeshì ，kàndào yī chuàn qiú de jiùshì Dōngfāngmíngzhū le ，súchēng “tánghúlu ”。guòqù tā shì Shànghǎi de dì yī gāolóu ，xiànzài yǐjīng páidào dì sān le 。
What our friend here said is right. That row of balls over there, the Oriental Pearl Tower, also known as the 'Candied Hawthorn.' In the past, it was Shanghai's tallest building, but now it's already been pushed back to number three.
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金茂大厦还是算了吧。虽说金茂大厦号称世界第三高楼，可是毕竟国外高楼林立，到处是摩天大楼，不稀奇。东方明珠电视塔倒是可以带他去看看。这11个大小不一、高低错落的球体，从天空串落到草地上，还是很有特色的。
Jīnmàodàshà hái shì suànle ba 。suīshuō Jīnmàodàshà hàochēng shìjiè dì sān gāolóu ，kěshì bìjìng guówài gāolóu línlì ，dàochù shì mótiāndàlóu ，bù xīqí 。Dōngfāngmíngzhū diànshìtǎ dàoshì kěyǐ dài tā qù kànkan 。zhè shíyī ge dàxiǎo bùyī 、gāodī cuòluò de qiútǐ ，cóng tiānkōng chuànluò dào cǎodì shang ，háishì hěnyǒu tèsè de 。
Forget about the Jinmao Tower. Although the Jinmao Tower claims to be the third highest building in the world, there are a ton of skyscrapers in other countries, after all. Everywhere you go are skyscrapers. They're not rare at all. On the other hand, I could take him to see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It has eleven balls of different sizes. Their heights are staggered in a row leading from the heavens down to the Earth. It's really distinctive.
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我记得以前这里是田地。现在都是高楼大厦了。
wǒ jìde yǐqián zhèlǐ shì tiándì 。xiànzài dōu shì gāolóudàshà le 。
I remember this here used to be fields. Now it's all tall buildings.
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