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优雅

yōu yǎ · you ya

Traditional 優雅

HSK 7–9

Meaning

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  1. grace
  2. graceful
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Pouring tea gracefully

  1. Dengdeng

    看(kàn)她(tā)倒茶(dǎochá)的(de)样子(yàngzi)多(duō)优雅(yōuyǎ)啊(a)。

    Look at how she pours tea. So graceful!

  2. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)也(yě)能(néng)这么(zhème)优雅(yōuyǎ)吗(ma)？

    Can you be that graceful too?

  3. Dengdeng

    看(kàn)我(wǒ)的(de)！

    Watch me!

  4. Liangliang

    茶(chá)都(dōu)倒(dǎo)在(zài)桌子(zhuōzi)上(shàng)了(le)。

    The tea is all over the table.

  5. Dengdeng

    优雅(yōuyǎ)真(zhēn)难(nán)，我(wǒ)还是(háishi)喝茶(hēchá)吧(ba)。

    Being graceful is hard. I will just drink my tea.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)们(men)必(bì)须(xū)学(xué)会(huì)优(yōu)雅(yǎ)地(de)面(miàn)对(duì)逆(nì)境(jìng)。

We must learn to meet adversity gracefully.

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

02

加(jiā)布(bù)里(lǐ)埃(āi)尔(ěr)看(kàn)着(zhe)一(yì)群(qún)天(tiān)鹅(é)在(zài)湖(hú)面(miàn)上(shàng)优(yōu)雅(yǎ)地(de)游(yóu)着(zhe)。

Gabriel watched a family of swans gliding gracefully on the lake.

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

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