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橄榄

gǎn lǎn · gan lan

Traditional 橄欖

Meaning

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  1. Chinese olive
  2. olive
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Twenty olives

  1. Dengdeng

    这个(zhège)披萨(pīsà)上(shàng)的(de)橄榄(gǎnlǎn)，我(wǒ)不(bù)爱(ài)吃(chī)。

    I don't like the olives on this pizza.

  2. Liangliang

    给(gěi)我(wǒ)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)最(zuì)爱(ài)吃(chī)橄榄(gǎnlǎn)。

    Give them to me. Olives are my favorite.

  3. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)一个一个(yīgèyīgè)拿(ná)给(gěi)你(nǐ)。

    OK, I'll pick them out one by one for you.

  4. Liangliang

    数一数(shǔyishǔ)，一共(yīgòng)二十个(èrshígè)橄榄(gǎnlǎn)。

    Count them: twenty olives in total.

  5. Dengdeng

    二十(èrshí)个(gè)橄榄(gǎnlǎn)？我(wǒ)点(diǎn)的(de)是(shì)玉米(yùmǐ)披萨(pīsà)，不是(bùshì)橄榄(gǎnlǎn)披萨(pīsà)！

    Twenty olives? I ordered a corn pizza, not an olive pizza!

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2 examples
01

油(yóu)是(shì)从(cóng)橄(gǎn)榄(lǎn)中(zhōng)提(tí)炼(liàn)出(chū)来(lái)的(de)。

Oil is extracted from olives.

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02

她(tā)在(zài)沙(shā)拉(lā)里(lǐ)加(jiā)了(le)几(jǐ)颗(kē)橄(gǎn)榄(lǎn)。

She added a few olives to the salad.

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