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宇宙

yǔ zhòu · yu zhou

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HSK 7–9Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. universe
  2. cosmos
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How big is the universe?

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你(nǐ)看(kàn)天(tiān)上(shàng)，宇宙(yǔzhòu)真(zhēn)大(dà)！

    Liangliang, look at the sky. The universe is so big!

  2. Liangliang

    宇宙(yǔzhòu)有(yǒu)多(duō)大(dà)？没人(méirén)知道(zhīdào)。

    How big is the universe? Nobody knows.

  3. Dengdeng

    地球(dìqiú)在(zài)宇宙(yǔzhòu)里(lǐ)，就(jiù)像(xiàng)一粒(yīlì)米(mǐ)。

    Earth is like a grain of rice in the universe.

  4. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)的(de)烦恼(fánnǎo)在(zài)宇宙(yǔzhòu)里(lǐ)就(jiù)更(gèng)小(xiǎo)了(le)。

    Then your worries are even smaller in the universe.

  5. Dengdeng

    对(duì)！那(nà)我(wǒ)没(méi)写完(xiěwán)的(de)作业(zuòyè)，也(yě)很(hěn)小(xiǎo)吧(ba)？

    Right! Then my unfinished homework is also very small, isn't it?

  6. Liangliang

    不(bù)，老师(lǎoshī)觉得(juéde)它(tā)比(bǐ)宇宙(yǔzhòu)还(hái)大(dà)。

    No. The teacher thinks it is bigger than the universe.

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2 examples
01

望(wàng)远(yuǎn)镜(jìng)为(wèi)我(wǒ)们(men)的(de)文(wén)明(míng)开(kāi)启(qǐ)了(le)一(yì)种(zhǒng)全(quán)新(xīn)的(de)视(shì)角(jiǎo)来(lái)观(guān)察(chá)宇(yǔ)宙(zhòu)。

The telescope has opened a new eye onto the cosmos that has been transformative for our civilization.

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

02

数(shù)学(xué)是(shì)上(shàng)帝(dì)用(yòng)来(lái)创(chuàng)造(zào)宇(yǔ)宙(zhòu)的(de)语(yǔ)言(yán)。

Mathematics is the language that God used to create the universe.

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

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