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串

chuàn · chuan

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Meaning

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  1. to string together
  2. to skewer
  3. to connect wrongly
  4. to gang up
  5. to rove
  6. string
  7. bunch
  8. skewer
  9. classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of
  10. to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus)
  11. to move across
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Ten lamb skewers

  1. Liangliang

    老板(lǎobǎn)，来(lái)十串(shíchuàn)羊肉串(yángròuchuàn)！

    Boss, ten lamb skewers please!

  2. Dengdeng

    十串(shíchuàn)？我们(wǒmen)两个(liǎnggè)人(rén)吃(chī)得(de)完(wán)吗(ma)？

    Ten? Can the two of us finish them?

  3. Liangliang

    吃(chī)得(de)完(wán)！我(wǒ)一个(yīgè)人(rén)吃(chī)七串(qīchuàn)。

    We can! I'll eat seven myself.

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)只能(zhǐnéng)吃(chī)三串(sānchuàn)。

    Then I can only eat three.

  5. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，十串(shíchuàn)刚好(gānghǎo)。

    OK, ten skewers is just right.

  6. Dengdeng

    老板(lǎobǎn)说(shuō)今天(jīntiān)十串(shíchuàn)送(sòng)两串(liǎngchuàn)，现在(xiànzài)我们(wǒmen)有(yǒu)十二串(shíèrchuàn)了(le)！

    The boss says that today ten skewers get two free, and now we have twelve!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)把(bǎ)羊(yáng)肉(ròu)块(kuài)串(chuàn)在(zài)竹(zhú)签(qiān)上(shàng)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)烧(shāo)烤(kǎo)。

She strung the pieces of lamb onto bamboo skewers to prepare for the barbecue.

02

他(tā)买(mǎi)了(le)一(yí)大(dà)串(chuàn)葡(pú)萄(tao)带(dài)回(huí)家(jiā)给(gěi)孩(hái)子(zi)们(men)吃(chī)。

He bought a big bunch of grapes and brought it home for the children to eat.

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