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雕塑

diāo sù · diao su

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 7–9Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. a statue
  2. a Buddhist image
  3. sculpture
  4. to carve
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A statue that moves

  1. Dengdeng

    亮亮(liàngliàng)，你看(nǐkàn)，那个(nàge)雕塑(diāosù)真像(zhēnxiàng)真人(zhēnrén)。

    Liangliang, look, that statue really looks like a real person.

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)去(qù)看看(kànkan)……哎(āi)，它(tā)刚才(gāngcái)动了(dòngle)一下(yīxià)！

    I will go look... hey, it just moved!

  3. Dengdeng

    雕塑(diāosù)怎么(zěnme)会动(huìdòng)？

    How can a statue move?

  4. Liangliang

    别怕(biépà)，这是(zhèshì)真人(zhēnrén)，不是(bùshì)雕塑(diāosù)！

    Do not be afraid, this is a real person, not a statue!

  5. Dengdeng

    难怪(nánguài)他(tā)一直(yīzhí)不(bù)说话(shuōhuà)。

    No wonder he never talks.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

广(guǎng)场(chǎng)中(zhōng)央(yāng)有(yǒu)一(yí)座(zuò)巨(jù)大(dà)的(de)雕(diāo)塑(sù)。

There is a huge sculpture in the center of the square.

02

这(zhè)位(wèi)艺(yì)术(shù)家(jiā)花(huā)了(le)三(sān)年(nián)时(shí)间(jiān)雕(diāo)塑(sù)这(zhè)尊(zūn)佛(fó)像(xiàng)。

This artist spent three years sculpting this Buddhist statue.

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