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长度

cháng dù · chang du

Traditional 長度

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Meaning

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  1. length
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The curtain

  1. Dengdeng

    这(zhè)条(tiáo)窗帘(chuānglián)不(bù)对(duì)。

    This curtain is wrong.

  2. Liangliang

    哪里(nǎlǐ)不(bù)对(duì)？

    What is wrong with it?

  3. Dengdeng

    长度(chángdù)太(tài)短(duǎn)了(le)，差(chà)十(shí)厘米(límǐ)。

    The length is too short, by ten centimeters.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)量(liáng)过(guò)了(le)，长度(chángdù)是(shì)对(duì)的(de)。

    I measured it. The length is correct.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)量(liáng)的(de)是(shì)宽(kuān)，不是(bùshì)长度(chángdù)。

    You measured the width, not the length.

  6. Liangliang

    啊(a)，我(wǒ)把(bǎ)宽(kuān)当成(dàngchéng)长(cháng)了(le)。

    Oh, I mixed up width and length.

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2 examples
01

她(tā)的(de)头(tóu)发(fa)长(zhǎng)回(huí)原(yuán)来(lái)的(de)长(cháng)度(dù)了(le)。

Her hair grew back to its original length.

Tatoeba: Chinese by User5120 · English by shishikyuu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

请(qǐng)量(liáng)一(yí)下(xià)这(zhè)张(zhāng)桌(zhuō)子(zi)的(de)长(cháng)度(dù)。

Please measure the length of this table.

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