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柴

chái · chai/Chái · chai

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Meaning

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chái 柴

  1. firewood
  2. lean (of meat)
  3. thin (of a person)

Chái 柴

  1. surname Chai
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Firewood for the fire

  1. Liangliang

    天(tiān)快(kuài)黑(hēi)了(le)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)捡(jiǎn)点(diǎn)柴(chái)吧(ba)。

    It's getting dark. Let's go pick up some firewood.

  2. Dengdeng

    捡(jiǎn)柴(chái)做什么(zuòshénme)？

    What do we need firewood for?

  3. Liangliang

    生火(shēnghuǒ)，烤(kǎo)红薯(hóngshǔ)。

    Make a fire and roast sweet potatoes.

  4. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)根(gēn)柴(chái)太湿(tàishī)了(le)，点不着(diǎnbuzháo)。

    This stick is too wet. It won't light.

  5. Liangliang

    没有(méiyǒu)干柴(gānchái)，就(jiù)没有(méiyǒu)烤红薯(kǎohóngshǔ)。

    No dry firewood, no roast sweet potatoes.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)吃(chī)我(wǒ)包里(bāolǐ)的(de)面包(miànbāo)吧(ba)，不用(bùyòng)柴(chái)！

    Then let's eat the bread in my bag. No firewood needed!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

冬(dōng)天(tiān)来(lái)临(lín)前(qián)，他(tā)们(men)准(zhǔn)备(bèi)了(le)很(hěn)多(duō)柴(chái)。

Before winter came, they prepared a lot of firewood.

02

这(zhè)块(kuài)肉(ròu)太(tài)柴(chái)了(le)，嚼(jiáo)起(qǐ)来(lái)很(hěn)费(fèi)劲(jìn)。

This piece of meat is too lean and tough to chew.

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