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绿

lǜ · lü · lv

Traditional 綠

HSK 2Old HSK 3

Meaning

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  1. green
  2. (slang) (derived from 綠帽子 / 绿帽子 (lǜ mào zi)) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend)
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Too much water

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)这(zhè)盆(pén)花(huā)以前(yǐqián)很(hěn)绿(lǜ)，怎么(zěnme)黄(huáng)了(le)？

    Dengdeng, your plant used to be very green. Why is it yellow now?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)也(yě)不(bù)知道(zhīdào)，我(wǒ)每天(měitiān)都(dōu)给(gěi)它(tā)浇水(jiāoshuǐ)。

    I don't know either. I water it every day.

  3. Liangliang

    每天(měitiān)浇(jiāo)几次(jǐcì)？

    How many times a day do you water it?

  4. Dengdeng

    三次(sāncì)，早上(zǎoshang)、中午(zhōngwǔ)、晚上(wǎnshang)。

    Three times: morning, noon and evening.

  5. Liangliang

    水(shuǐ)太(tài)多(duō)了(le)！它(tā)不是(bùshì)不想(bùxiǎng)绿(lǜ)，是(shì)喝饱(hēbǎo)了(le)。

    Too much water! It is not that it doesn't want to be green. It has had its fill.

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)听(tīng)说(shuō)英(yīng)国(guó)的(de)草(cǎo)在(zài)冬(dōng)天(tiān)也(yě)还(hái)是(shì)绿(lǜ)的(de)。

I hear the grass in England is green even in the winter.

Tatoeba: Chinese by sysko · English by yifen238 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)颗(kē)苹(píng)果(guǒ)还(hái)是(shì)绿(lǜ)的(de)，最(zuì)好(hǎo)放(fàng)一(yí)会(huì)儿(r)再(zài)吃(chī)。

That apple is still green. Best leave it a while before you eat it.

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

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