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跳蚤市场──大隐隐于市

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ID: 4175 Advanced
跳蚤市场上人来人往，每天都有不同的故事在上演。这次这个发生在跳蚤市场上的对话里有许多的数字成语：九牛一毛、七手八脚、五花八门......来看看数字在成语当中有什么妙用吧。
Mon Jun 10 2019 | Mikkelson, Peony
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
堆 duī to pile up; to heap up; a mass
九牛一毛 jiǔniúyīmáo a drop in the ocean
七手八脚 qīshǒubājiǎo extremely uncoordinated, too many “hands” causing chaos
五花八门 wǔhuābāmén myriad; all kinds of; all sorts of
李叔啊，今天摊位上的东西怎么都堆成山了？
Lǐ shū a ，jīntiān tānwèi shàng de dōngxi zěnme dōu duī chéng shān le ？
Uncle Li, why is your stall today piled up like a mountain?
这还只是九牛一毛呢，一早几个大学生就七手八脚地给我搬来不少东西。
zhè hái zhǐshì jiǔniúyīmáo ne ，yīzǎo jǐge dàxuéshēng jiù qīshǒubājiǎo de gěi wǒ bān lái bùshǎo dōngxi 。
This is just a drop in the ocean! This morning a group of university students brought me a lot of things.
估计是要毕业了吧，您经常陪他们聊聊天，还帮他们修东西，他们当然感激您啦。
gūjì shì yào bìyè le ba ，nín jīngcháng péi tāmen liáo liáotiān ，hái bāng tāmen Xiū dōngxi ，tāmen dāngrán gǎnjī nín la 。
I suppose they’re about to graduate soon. And because you often chat with them and even help them to repair their things, they’re of course grateful to you.
你瞧这拿来的东西，还真是五花八门的。
nǐ qiáo zhè nálái de dōngxi ，hái zhēnshi wǔhuābāmén de 。
Just take a look at all sorts of things they brought.
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