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印象

yìn xiàng · yin xiang

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 3Old HSK 4

Meaning

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  1. impression (sth that stays in one's mind)
  2. a memory
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In a conversation

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First impression

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)对(duì)北京(běijīng)的(de)印象(yìnxiàng)怎么样(zěnmeyàng)？

    What is your impression of Beijing?

  2. Leon

    印象(yìnxiàng)最(zuì)深(shēn)的(de)是(shì)胡同(hútòng)和(hé)烤鸭(kǎoyā)。

    What impressed me most is the alleys and the roast duck.

  3. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)对(duì)你(nǐ)印象(yìnxiàng)最(zuì)深(shēn)的(de)，是(shì)你(nǐ)第一次(dìyīcì)吃(chī)烤鸭(kǎoyā)的(de)样子(yàngzi)。

    What impressed me most about you is how you looked eating roast duck the first time.

  4. Leon

    我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)两(liǎng)只(zhī)。

    I ate two.

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，这(zhè)个(gè)印象(yìnxiàng)太(tài)深(shēn)了(le)。

    Yes, that impression is far too deep.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

中(zhōng)国(guó)让(ràng)人(rén)印(yìn)象(xiàng)最(zuì)深(shēn)的(de)就(jiù)是(shì)中(zhōng)国(guó)菜(cài).

The thing that left the biggest impression on me in China was the Chinese food.

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

02

他(tā)给(gěi)我(wǒ)的(de)第(dì)一(yī)印(yìn)象(xiàng)非(fēi)常(cháng)友(yǒu)好(hǎo)。

The first impression he gave me was very friendly.

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印
yìn

to print; to mark

象
xiàng

elephant; shape

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