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焦点

jiāo diǎn · jiao dian

Traditional 焦點

HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. focal point; focus (lit. and fig.)
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The star of the cafe

  1. Liangliang

    咖啡店(kāfēidiàn)里(lǐ)的(de)人(rén)都(dōu)在(zài)看(kàn)窗边(chuāngbiān)，怎么了(zěnmele)？

    Everyone in the cafe is looking at the window. What happened?

  2. Dengdeng

    那里(nàli)有(yǒu)一只(yīzhǐ)狗(gǒu)在(zài)看书(kànshū)，它(tā)是(shì)今天(jīntiān)的(de)焦点(jiāodiǎn)。

    There is a dog reading a book. It is the star of today.

  3. Liangliang

    它(tā)真的(zhēnde)会(huì)看书(kànshū)吗(ma)？

    Can it really read?

  4. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，书(shū)上(shàng)有(yǒu)一张(yīzhāng)香肠(xiāngcháng)的(de)照片(zhàopiàn)。

    Look, the book has a photo of a sausage on it.

  5. Liangliang

    原来(yuánlái)香肠(xiāngcháng)才(cái)是(shì)它(tā)的(de)焦点(jiāodiǎn)！

    So the sausage is its real focus!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)问(wèn)题(tí)成(chéng)了(le)大(dà)家(jiā)讨(tǎo)论(lùn)的(de)焦(jiāo)点(diǎn)。

This issue became the focus of everyone's discussion.

02

镜(jìng)头(tóu)慢(màn)慢(màn)对(duì)准(zhǔn)了(le)舞(wǔ)台(tái)的(de)焦(jiāo)点(diǎn)。

The camera slowly focused on the focal point of the stage.

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