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肮脏

āng zāng · ang zang

Traditional 骯髒

Meaning

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  1. dirty
  2. filthy
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Muddy sneakers

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)的(de)球鞋(qiúxié)怎么(zěnme)这么(zhème)肮脏(āngzāng)？

    Dengdeng, why are your sneakers so dirty?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)刚(gāng)踢完(tīwán)球(qiú)，路上(lùshang)都(dōu)是(shì)泥(ní)。

    I just finished playing football. The road was full of mud.

  3. Liangliang

    肮脏(āngzāng)的(de)鞋(xié)不能(bùnéng)放(fàng)在(zài)家里(jiālǐ)，快(kuài)去(qù)洗(xǐ)。

    Dirty shoes can't be kept in the house. Go and wash them.

  4. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)，我(wǒ)马上(mǎshàng)洗(xǐ)。你(nǐ)看(kàn)，洗好(xǐhǎo)了(le)，比(bǐ)新(xīn)的(de)还(hái)白(bái)！

    OK, I'll wash them right away. Look, done, whiter than new!

  5. Liangliang

    太好了(tàihǎole)！那(nà)我(wǒ)这(zhè)双(shuāng)肮脏(āngzāng)的(de)球鞋(qiúxié)也(yě)交给(jiāogěi)你(nǐ)吧(ba)！

    Great! Then you can do my dirty sneakers too!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

没(méi)有(yǒu)肮(āng)脏(zāng)的(de)爱(ài)情(qíng), 也(yě)没(méi)有(yǒu)美(měi)丽(lì)的(de)监(jiān)狱(yù)。

No love is foul nor prison fair.

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

02

他(tā)脱(tuō)下(xià)肮(āng)脏(zāng)的(de)球(qiú)鞋(xié)，放(fàng)进(jìn)门(mén)口(kǒu)的(de)鞋(xié)柜(guì)里(lǐ)。

He took off his dirty sneakers and put them in the shoe cabinet by the door.

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