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之上

zhī shàng · zhi shang

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Above the clouds

  1. Liangliang

    看(kàn)，那家(nàjiā)茶馆(cháguǎn)在(zài)云(yún)之上(zhīshàng)！

    Look, that teahouse is above the clouds!

  2. Dengdeng

    真(zhēn)高(gāo)！我们(wǒmen)坐(zuò)缆车(lǎnchē)上去(shàngqù)吧(ba)。

    So high! Let us take the cable car up.

  3. Liangliang

    爬到(pádào)云(yún)之上(zhīshàng)，要(yào)走(zǒu)两个(liǎnggè)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    Climbing above the clouds takes two hours of walking.

  4. Dengdeng

    缆车(lǎnchē)票(piào)多少(duōshao)钱(qián)？

    How much is the cable car ticket?

  5. Liangliang

    三百(sānbǎi)块(kuài)。

    Three hundred yuan.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)宁愿(nìngyuàn)在(zài)云(yún)之下(zhīxià)喝茶(hēchá)。

    Then I would rather drink tea below the clouds.

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01

庞(páng)大(dà)而(ér)精(jīng)妙(miào)的(de)体(tǐ)系(xì)往(wǎng)往(wǎng)建(jiàn)立(lì)在(zài)几(jǐ)个(gè)简(jiǎn)单(dān)的(de)规(guī)则(zé)之(zhī)上(shàng)。

A vast and sophisticated system is usually based on a few simple rules.

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

02

你(nǐ)应(yīng)该(gāi)把(bǎ)安(ān)全(quán)放(fàng)在(zài)其(qí)他(tā)一(yí)切(qiè)之(zhī)上(shàng)。

You should put safety before everything else.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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