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管道

guǎn dào · guan dao

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Meaning

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  1. tubing
  2. pipeline
  3. (fig.) channel
  4. means
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The slow sink

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，厨房(chúfáng)的(de)水(shuǐ)怎么(zěnme)流(liú)得(de)这么(zhème)慢(màn)？

    Dengdeng, why is the kitchen water running so slowly?

  2. Dengdeng

    可能(kěnéng)是(shì)管道(guǎndào)堵(dǔ)了(le)。

    Maybe the pipe is blocked.

  3. Liangliang

    管道(guǎndào)怎么(zěnme)会(huì)堵(dǔ)？

    How could the pipe get blocked?

  4. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)把(bǎ)茶叶(cháyè)倒(dào)进去(jìnqù)了(le)。

    I poured tea leaves down it yesterday.

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)得(děi)找人(zhǎorén)来(lái)修(xiū)管道(guǎndào)。

    Then we have to get someone to fix the pipe.

  6. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，以后(yǐhòu)茶叶(cháyè)我(wǒ)只(zhǐ)倒(dào)进(jìn)垃圾桶(lājītǒng)。

    OK, from now on I only pour tea leaves in the trash.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

鼠(shǔ)类(lèi)也(yě)有(yǒu)用(yòng)处(chu)。它(tā)们(men)能(néng)帮(bāng)着(zhe)清(qīng)洁(jié)管(guǎn)道(dào)。

Rats also have a function. They help to clean the pipes.

Tatoeba: Chinese by verdastelo9604 · English by astyng · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

工(gōng)人(rén)正(zhèng)在(zài)修(xiū)理(lǐ)地(dì)下(xià)管(guǎn)道(dào)。

Workers are repairing the underground pipes.

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