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储备

chǔ bèi · chu bei

Traditional 儲備

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to store up
  2. reserves
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Stocking up for the typhoon

  1. Liangliang

    台风(táifēng)要(yào)来(lái)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)得(děi)储备(chǔbèi)一些(yīxiē)吃的(chīde)。

    A typhoon is coming. We need to stock up on food.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)储备(chǔbèi)了(le)三(sān)箱(xiāng)水(shuǐ)。

    I stocked up three cases of water.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)吃的(chīde)呢(ne)？

    And the food?

  4. Dengdeng

    吃的(chīde)……我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)吃完(chīwán)了(le)。

    The food... I already ate it.

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2 examples
01

面(miàn)粉(fěn)是(shì)那(nà)些(xiē)你(nǐ)始(shǐ)终(zhōng)应(yīng)该(gāi)储(chǔ)备(bèi)在(zài)厨(chú)房(fáng)里(lǐ)的(de)产(chǎn)品(pǐn)之(zhī)一(yī)。

Flour is one of those products you should always have in your kitchen.

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

02

家(jiā)里(lǐ)储(chǔ)备(bèi)一(yì)些(xiē)常(cháng)用(yòng)药(yào)品(pǐn)，以(yǐ)备(bèi)不(bù)时(shí)之(zhī)需(xū)。

Keep some common medicines at home in reserve, in case of emergency.

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