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连衣裙lián yī qún
dress
Definitions
| Chinese > English | ||
| 连衣裙 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 連衣裙 | ||
| 連衣裙 | liányīqún | |
| 1. n. dress (one-piece garment that covers the body) | ||
| Components | ||
| 连 | ||
| 1. Simplified form of 連 | ||
| 2. Variant of 鐮 | ||
| 連 | lián | |
| 1. (historical) man-drawn carriage | ||
| 2. to link; to join; to connect | ||
| 我們 忘 了 把 電腦 連 上 網線 了。 - We forgot to connect the computer to the network cable. | ||
| 新 運河 將 兩 條 河 連 在一起。 - The new canal links the two rivers. | ||
| 3. to ally with; to unite | ||
| 4. to involve; to implicate | ||
| 5. to simultaneously gain | ||
| 6. to include; including; counting | ||
| 連 我 在 內 共有 十 人 出席。 - There were ten present including myself. | ||
| 7. continuously; successively; one after one; repeatedly | ||
| 連 勝 三 局 - to win three games in succession | ||
| 這 種 新 鞭炮 叫 @爆珠，可以 連 響。 - This new firecracker called Bao Zhu could sound continuously. | ||
| 8. from; counting from | ||
| 9. and; with | ||
| 10. together; with each other | ||
| 11. hard; difficult; tough | ||
| 12. full; entire; whole | ||
| 13. (used in the 連…都/也… structures for emphasis) even; paradoxically | ||
| 他 連 畜生 都 不如，連 自己 的 父母 都 不 養活。 - He is no better than an animal, because he doesn't even support his own parents. | ||
| 甚至 連 孩子 都 看 得 懂 這 本 書。 - Even a child can understand the book | ||
| 14. affinity; relationship by marriage | ||
| 15. (military) company (consisting of platoons (營)) | ||
| 他 以為 新兵 連 都 是“ 刀 光 劍 影 ”“ 舞 槍 弄 棒 ”的 生活，沒 想到 卻 是 三點一線 的 固定 生活 模式 和 枯燥 乏味 的 訓練 內容。 - He thought that life in a company made up of new recruits would be filled with exciting maneuvers, but he did | ||
| 16. (grammar) Short for 連詞, conjunction | ||
| 連 戰 - Lien Chan (chairman of the Kuomintang from 2000 to 2005) | ||
| 17. Only used in 連石 | ||
| 鐮 | lián | |
| 1. sickle | ||
| 鐮刀 - sickle | ||
| 衣 | yī | |
| 1. (upper) garment; clothes; clothing | ||
| 衣服 - clothes | ||
| 內衣 - underwear | ||
| 睡衣 - night clothes; pajamas | ||
| 2. coating; covering; skin | ||
| 糖衣 - sugar coating | ||
| 槍衣 - gun cover | ||
| 3. membrane; film | ||
| 4. (literary or dialectal) afterbirth; placenta | ||
| 衣yì錦還huán鄉 - to return home in glory | ||
| 裙 | qún | |
| 1. skirt; apron; dress; petticoat | ||
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Pronunciation
lián yī qún
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