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业余

yè yú · ye yu

Traditional 業餘

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. in one's spare time
  2. outside working hours
  3. amateur (historian etc)
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Photographer in training

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)业余(yèyú)时间(shíjiān)喜欢(xǐhuan)做(zuò)什么(shénme)？

    What do you like doing in your spare time?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)业余(yèyú)爱好(àihào)是(shì)拍(pāi)鸟(niǎo)。

    My spare-time hobby is photographing birds.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)拍(pāi)得(de)好(hǎo)吗(ma)？

    Are you any good at it?

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)是(shì)业余(yèyú)的(de)，拍(pāi)得(de)不太(bùtài)好(hǎo)。

    I am only an amateur. My photos are not that good.

  5. Dengdeng

    看(kàn)，那(nà)只(zhī)鸟(niǎo)一直(yīzhí)看着(kànzhe)你(nǐ)，它(tā)想(xiǎng)当(dāng)模特(mótè)吧(ba)？

    Look, that bird keeps looking at you. Maybe it wants to be a model?

  6. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，业余(yèyú)模特(mótè)，请(qǐng)站(zhàn)好(hǎo)！

    OK, amateur model, please stand still!

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2 examples
01

她(tā)称(chēng)自(zì)己(jǐ)为(wéi)业(yè)余(yú)爱(ài)好(hào)者(zhě)。

She calls herself a hobbyist.

Tatoeba: Chinese by cxpadonis · English by CH · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

即(jí)使(shǐ)像(xiàng)我(wǒ)们(men)这(zhè)样(yàng)的(de)业(yè)余(yú)爱(ài)好(hào)者(zhě)也(yě)能(néng)看(kàn)出(chū)它(tā)很(hěn)糟(zāo)糕(gāo)。

Even hobbyists like us can tell that it's bad.

Tatoeba: Chinese by LeviHighway · English by mutskt · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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