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雪

xuě · xue/Xuě · xue

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HSK 2Measure word: 场 cháng

Meaning

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xuě 雪

  1. snow
  2. (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc)

Xuě 雪

  1. surname Xue
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The snowman has no nose

  1. Dengdeng

    下(xià)雪(xuě)了(le)！今年(jīnnián)的(de)第一场(dìyīchǎng)雪(xuě)！

    It's snowing! The first snow of this year!

  2. Liangliang

    好大(hǎodà)的(de)雪(xuě)，我们(wǒmen)去(qù)堆(duī)雪人(xuěrén)吧(ba)。

    What big snow. Let's go build a snowman.

  3. Dengdeng

    好(hǎo)啊(a)，我(wǒ)去(qù)拿(ná)帽子(màozi)。

    OK, I'll go get a hat.

  4. Liangliang

    雪人(xuěrén)要(yào)有(yǒu)鼻子(bízi)，用(yòng)胡萝卜(húluóbo)吧(ba)。

    The snowman needs a nose. Let's use a carrot.

  5. Dengdeng

    你的(nǐde)胡萝卜(húluóbo)呢(ne)？

    Where is your carrot?

  6. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)刚才(gāngcái)饿(è)了(le)，吃(chī)了(le)。

    I was hungry just now, so I ate it.

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01

山(shān)林(lín)小(xiǎo)道(dào)被(bèi)雪(xuě)完(wán)全(quán)覆(fù)盖(gài)住(zhù)了(le)。

The forest path had been utterly covered by snow.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by spaiku · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

没(méi)有(yǒu)雪(xuě)的(de)冬(dōng)天(tiān)不(bú)是(shì)冬(dōng)天(tiān)。

A winter without snow isn't winter.

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

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