对

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Pronunciation : duì

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Meaning :
  1. right; correct. (adj)
  2. with regard to; concerning; to. (prep)
  3. opposite; opposing. (adj)
  4. mutual; face to face. (adv)
  5. answer; reply;. (v)
  6. pair. (measure word)
  7. to face, to direct. (v)
Radical : 寸
Strokes : 5
Traditional : 對 ( Stroke Order )
Usage : 74.9%
Sentences:
1. What you say is quite true.
nǐ shuō de hěn duì 。
你 说 得 很 对 。

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你 : you
说 : say, talk
得 : (particle) used to link a verb or an adjective to a complement which describes the manner or degree
很 : very, quite
对 : correct, true
2. Smoking is harmful to your health.
xī yān duì jiàn kāng yǒu hài 。
吸 烟 对 健 康 有 害 。

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吸烟 : smoking
对 : with regard to, to
健康 : health
有 : have
害 : harm
有害 : harmful
3. Don’t be so rude to your parents!
bié duì nǐ de fù mǔ zhè me méi lǐ mào ！
别 对 你 的 父 母 这 么 没 礼 貌 ！

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别 : don’t
对 : towards, to
你的 : your
父母 : father mother, parents
这么 : so (much), like this
没 : no
礼貌 : polite
4. An old couple lived opposite to my house
wǒ jiā duì miàn zhù zhe yī duì lǎo fū fù 。
我 家 对 面 住 着 一 对 老 夫 妇 。

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我 : I, my
家 : house
对面 : opposite
住 : stay
着 : added to a verb or adjective to indicate a continued action or state
一 : one
对 : (measure word) pair
老 : old
夫妇 : couple
5. You have to face him sooner or later to discuss the problem.
nǐ zǎo wǎn děi miàn duì miàn hé tā tǎo lùn zhè gè wèn tí 。
你 早 晚 得 面 对 面 和 他 讨 论 这 个 问 题 。

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你 : you
早晚 : sooner or later (早: morning/early 晚: night/late)
得 : need, must, will
面对面 : face-to-face
和 : with
他 : him
讨论 : discuss
这 : this
个 : measure word
问题 : problem
6. Aim at the target
duì zhǔn mù biāo 。
对 准 目 标 。

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对 : direct
准 : accurately
目标 : target
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November 13th, 2009 in Daily Word, Level 1 | tags: , , , ,

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BernardNovember 13th, 2009 at 10:02 am

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Min Min Reply:
November 14th, 2009 at 1:25 am

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谢谢。Do come back always to learn Chinese.

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