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泡泡

pào pao · pao pao

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Meaning

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  1. bubbles
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Too much soap

  1. Liangliang

    哇(wa)，水池(shuǐchí)里(lǐ)全(quán)是(shì)泡泡(pàopao)！

    Wow, the sink is full of bubbles!

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)多(duō)放(fàng)了(le)一点儿(yīdiǎnr)洗洁精(xǐjiéjīng)，泡泡(pàopao)越(yuè)多(duō)越(yuè)干净(gānjìng)吧(ba)

    I put in a bit extra soap. More bubbles means cleaner, right?

  3. Liangliang

    不(bù)对(duì)，泡泡(pàopao)太(tài)多(duō)，水(shuǐ)就(jiù)冲(chōng)不(bù)干净(gānjìng)

    Not right. With too many bubbles, the water cannot rinse it clean.

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，泡泡(pàopao)跑(pǎo)到(dào)我(wǒ)头上(tóushàng)了(le)！

    Look, the bubbles have got onto my head!

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)现在(xiànzài)像(xiàng)一朵(yīduǒ)云(yún)，先(xiān)拍(pāi)张(zhāng)照(zhào)吧(ba)

    You look like a cloud now. Take a photo first.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

孩(hái)子(zi)用(yòng)吸(xī)管(guǎn)在(zài)牛(niú)奶(nǎi)里(lǐ)吹(chuī)出(chū)好(hǎo)多(duō)泡(pào)泡(pao)。

The child blew lots of bubbles in the milk with a straw.

02

她(tā)洗(xǐ)衣(yī)服(fu)时(shí)，水(shuǐ)面(miàn)上(shàng)浮(fú)着(zhe)一(yì)层(céng)白(bái)色(sè)的(de)泡(pào)泡(pao)。

When she washed the clothes, a layer of white bubbles floated on the water.

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