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布置

bù zhì · bu zhi

Traditional 佈置

HSK 4Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. to put in order
  2. to arrange
  3. to decorate
  4. to fix up
  5. to deploy
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Decorating for Spring Festival

  1. Liangliang

    春节(chūnjié)快(kuài)到(dào)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)来(lái)布置(bùzhì)一下(yīxià)家(jiā)吧(ba)。

    Spring Festival is coming. Let us decorate the home a bit.

  2. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)！我(wǒ)布置(bùzhì)客厅(kètīng)，你(nǐ)贴(tiē)福(fú)字(zì)。

    Okay! I will decorate the living room. You stick up the Fu character.

  3. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)了(le)！你(nǐ)看(kàn)，贴(tiē)好(hǎo)了(le)。

    Done. Look, it is stuck on.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)贴(tiē)倒(dào)了(le)！

    You put it on upside down!

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)不(bù)知道(zhīdào)吗(ma)？福(fú)要(yào)倒(dào)着(zhe)贴(tiē)，这(zhè)是(shì)福(fú)到(dào)了(le)！

    Don't you know? Fu goes upside down: luck has arrived!

  6. Dengdeng

    原来(yuánlái)是(shì)这样(zhèyàng)，我们(wǒmen)布置(bùzhì)得(de)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)。

    I see. We decorated it really well!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

老(lǎo)师(shī)给(gěi)我(wǒ)们(men)布(bù)置(zhì)了(le)家(jiā)庭(tíng)作(zuò)业(yè)。

The teacher gave us homework.

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

02

她(tā)用(yòng)鲜(xiān)花(huā)和(hé)彩(cǎi)带(dài)布(bù)置(zhì)了(le)客(kè)厅(tīng)。

She decorated the living room with flowers and ribbons.

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布
bù

cloth; to declare

置
zhì

to install; to place

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