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付出

fù chū · fu chu

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Meaning

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  1. to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time)
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In a conversation

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The first tomato

  1. Liangliang

    你的(nǐde)西红柿(xīhóngshì)终于(zhōngyú)红(hóng)了(le)！

    Your tomatoes finally turned red!

  2. Dengdeng

    是啊(shìa)，我(wǒ)付出(fùchū)了(le)三个月(sāngèyuè)的(de)时间(shíjiān)。

    Yes, I put in three months of time.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)每天(měitiān)浇水(jiāoshuǐ)，付出(fùchū)没有(méiyǒu)白费(báifèi)。

    You watered them every day, so the effort was not wasted.

  4. Liangliang

    今晚(jīnwǎn)做(zuò)西红柿(xīhóngshì)炒蛋(chǎodàn)吧(ba)？

    Shall we make tomato and egg tonight?

  5. Dengdeng

    不行(bùxíng)，我(wǒ)舍不得(shěbude)吃(chī)，先(xiān)拍(pāi)一百张(yībǎizhāng)照片(zhàopiàn)。

    No way, I can not bear to eat it. First I will take a hundred photos.

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In a sentence

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01

丑(chǒu)闻(wén)让(ràng)他(tā)付(fù)出(chū)了(le)失(shī)去(qù)声(shēng)誉(yù)的(de)代(dài)价(jià)。

That scandal cost him his reputation.

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

02

为(wèi)了(le)学(xué)好(hǎo)一(yì)门(mén)语(yǔ)言(yán)，你(nǐ)必(bì)须(xū)付(fù)出(chū)很(hěn)多(duō)时(shí)间(jiān)和(hé)精(jīng)力(lì)。

To learn a language well, you must invest a lot of time and energy.

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付
fù

to pay; to hand over to

出
chū

to go out; to come out; to arise; to occur

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