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箭

jiàn · jian

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HSK 6Measure word: 支 zhī

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Archery class

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)周末(zhōumò)去(qù)学(xué)射箭(shèjiàn)了(le)？好玩(hǎowán)吗(ma)？

    Did you go to archery this weekend? Was it fun?

  2. Dengdeng

    很(hěn)好玩(hǎowán)！我(wǒ)射(shè)了(le)二十(èrshí)支(zhī)箭(jiàn)。

    Very fun! I shot twenty arrows.

  3. Liangliang

    射(shè)到(dào)中间(zhōngjiān)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you hit the middle?

  4. Dengdeng

    一支(yīzhī)都(dōu)没有(méiyǒu)射到(shèdào)中间(zhōngjiān)，有(yǒu)一支(yīzhī)箭(jiàn)射到(shèdào)了(le)旁边(pángbiān)的(de)树(shù)上(shàng)。

    Not one arrow hit the middle. One arrow hit the tree beside it.

  5. Liangliang

    哈哈(hāhā)，那(nà)支(zhī)箭(jiàn)现在(xiànzài)在(zài)哪儿(nǎr)？

    Ha ha, where is that arrow now?

  6. Dengdeng

    还(hái)在(zài)树(shù)上(shàng)。老师(lǎoshī)说(shuō)，下次(xiàcì)别(bié)射(shè)那(nà)棵(kē)树(shù)。

    Still in the tree. The teacher says, don't shoot that tree next time.

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2 examples
01

光(guāng)阴(yīn)飞(fēi)似(sì)箭(jiàn)，水(shuǐ)果(guǒ)飞(fēi)似(sì)蕉(jiāo)。

Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.

Tatoeba: Chinese by shou · English by human600 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

蠢(chǔn)人(rén)一(yí)下(xià)子(zi)就(jiù)把(bǎ)箭(jiàn)射(shè)完(wán)。

A fool's bolt is soon shot.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by Objectivesea · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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