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想象力

xiǎng xiàng lì · xiang xiang li

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Meaning

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  1. imagination
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The flying elephant

  1. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)六岁(liùsuì)的(de)侄女(zhínǚ)给(gěi)我(wǒ)画(huà)了(le)一幅(yīfú)画(huà)

    My six-year-old niece drew me a picture.

  2. Liangliang

    哇(wa)，这(zhè)是(shì)什么(shénme)动物(dòngwù)？

    Wow, what animal is this?

  3. Dengdeng

    她(tā)说(shuō)是(shì)会(huì)飞(fēi)的(de)大象(dàxiàng)，住(zhù)在(zài)云(yún)上面(shàngmiàn)

    She says it is a flying elephant that lives on the clouds.

  4. Liangliang

    小朋友(xiǎopéngyǒu)的(de)想象力(xiǎngxiànglì)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)会(huì)画(huà)圆圈(yuánquān)

    Children have great imagination. I can only draw circles.

  5. Dengdeng

    她(tā)还(hái)说(shuō)大象(dàxiàng)用(yòng)鼻子(bízi)给(gěi)月亮(yuèliang)打电话(dǎdiànhuà)

    She also says the elephant uses its trunk to call the moon.

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)的(de)想象力(xiǎngxiànglì)输(shū)了(le)

    My imagination has lost.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)你(nǐ)用(yòng)自(zì)己(jǐ)的(de)想(xiǎng)象(xiàng)力(lì)。

I want you to use your imagination.

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

02

这(zhè)本(běn)小(xiǎo)说(shuō)充(chōng)分(fèn)展(zhǎn)现(xiàn)了(le)作(zuò)者(zhě)的(de)想(xiǎng)象(xiàng)力(lì)。

This novel fully displays the author's imagination.

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