高速
gāo sù
Pinyin
Definition
高速
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- high speed
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一见高低
- 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
- 2 fig. to cross swords with
- 3 to lock horns
不识高低
- 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
事不关己,高高挂起
- 1 to feel unconcerned and let matters rest (idiom)
人往高处走,水往低处流
- 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
- 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
债台高筑
- 1 lit. build a high desk of debt (idiom); heavily in debt
Sample Sentences
哇,那高速公路上的景象岂不是很壮观,一定大排长龙吧。
Wow, then the scene on the highway must be pretty impressive, with tailbacks stretching back really far.
说的的一点儿没错,在高速公路上堵车等待也是常有的事,因为这种现象实在太普遍,还有些网路段子手拿这种现象来调侃。
Yeah, ain't that the truth. People often find themselves waiting in a traffic jam on the highway and because it's so common a phenomenon, there are also lots of internet meme-makers mocking this state of affairs.
他们说,单身的姑娘们,黄金周这几天可以去高速上相亲,从车看财产,从态度看人品,从憋尿看肾功能。
They say, single girls can go on to the motorway to go on family-arranged dates. That way they can judge the guy's material weatth from the car, judge his character from his attitude and judge his kidney function from how long he can hold his bladder.
听说地铁站里有很多卖咖喱饭的小店,小得连座位都没有。人们挤在一起站着吃饭,三五分钟就搞定一餐,紧接着就赶去别的地方。整个城市都处在高速高压中运转。哎,这样的压力怎么受得了?
I've heard that there are a lot of curry-rice shops in the subway, so small that they don't even have seats. People stand crowded together to eat, and polish off a meal in under five minutes. Then they rush off to the next place. The entire city runs under high speed and pressure. Agh. How can anyone stand that kind of pressure?
但是同样是锂电池高速度电瓶车,小牛的价格可是亲民多了。
But both of them are high-speed lithium battery-powered scooters. It's just that the pricing of the NIU scooter is a lot more consumer-friendly.
还没进机场高速路。
We haven't gotten on the highway to the airport yet.
看的是气氛嘛。瞧那些轮胎印,还有高速过弯时的紧张气氛,还有赛车之间的碰撞,还有......
What you go for is the atmosphere. We saw the tire marks, the suspenseful feeling of the high speed turns, the cars colliding into each other, the...
找了。说高速公路马上就要动工了,让我们配合工作。他们怎么跟你谈的?
Yeah. He said they're about to begin work on the new expressway and they need us to cooperate. What did they say to you?
不过磁悬浮造价太高了。现在的动车组就够快的了。而且高速铁路技术已经很成熟了,像日本的新干线,开了几十年都没出过事儿。
没错。其实我们都误解了,以为国外都是发达的大都市,到处是摩天大楼、高速公路、繁华商场和林荫草坪,其实现在这些景物在北京、上海等大城市也随处可见,在欧洲更吸引我的反倒是山间那些宏伟、辉煌的古堡。