zhòngyīngguànyòngduǎnyù:
  • v.   wèi huà jiā yào qiú bǎi hǎo shì biàn wéi huà xiàng .   The artist asked her to pose for him
  • v.   zuò jiā cháng zhī jié lái hùn xiáo shí zhì wèn .   The writer often obfuscates the real issues with petty details
  •    gōng gòng chē shī kòng zhì , zhuàng dào liǎo jiā shāng diàn de mén liǎn .   The bus went out of control and ran into a shop front
  • n.   lián de jiā huǒ ! gāng shī liǎo gōng zuò .   The poor bastard! He's just lost his job
  • n.   lián de jiā huǒ kàn zhù jiù jiào rén nán guò .   The poor fellow was a sad spectacle
  • v.   hái yīn dài huí jiā ér shēng chuí zhù qīn .   The child pummelled his mother angrily as she carried him home
  • adj.   hái méi yòu 'àn shí huí jiā , dōuyào fēng liǎo .   The child's parents were frantic when she did not return home on time
  • n.   jiā huǒ duō ràng rén xiè !   What a downer that guy is
  •    jiā gōng zhí jīng yíng sōng sōng kuǎ kuǎ .   The firm had been run rather slackly
  • n.   jiā gōng yīn zhài 2 bǎi wàn yīng bàng 'ér gào chǎn .   The company crashed with debts of 2 million
  • n.   jiā gōng zài chē shè shàng duō nián lái zhí lǐng xiān .   That firm was the pace-setter in car design for many years, ie introduced new ideas which were copied by others
  • adj.   jiā shāng hào dòng tíng qīng suàn zhài .   The firm went into voluntary liquidation
  • n.   jiā gōng chǎng dǎo , chéng qiān de gōng réndōu shī liǎo .   Thousands of workers lost their jobs when the factory closed
  • n.   jiā guǎn zhēn qiāo liǎo men zhú gàng .   That hotel really rooked us
  • n.   jiā cān guǎn wèi jiā yǐng yuàn jìn yīn 'ér zhān guāng .   The restaurant benefits from its proximity to several cinemas
  • adj.   jiā fàn guǎn de jià qián guì néng rén kēng .ruinouslyadv   The prices in that restaurant are absolutely ruinous.