Vocabulary

[ cháng ]

Elementary Level(Band 2)

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[ cháng ]
Translation

long

Phrase

1. 说来话长。

[ shuō lái huà cháng 。 ]

It’s a long story.

2. 他对长辈很恭敬。

[ tā duì cháng bèi hěn gōng jìng 。 ]

He is respectful to his elders.

3. 我擅长自由泳和蛙泳。

[ wǒ shàn cháng zì yóu yǒng hé wā yǒng 。 ]

I'm good at freestyle and breast stroke.

4. 白天变长了,黑夜变短了。

[ bái tiān biàn cháng le , hēi yè biàn duǎn le 。 ]

The days get longer and the nights get shorter.

5. 你有办法打发这个漫长的周末吗?

[ nǐ yǒu bàn fǎ dǎ fā zhè gè màn cháng de zhōu mò ma ? ]

Do you have any plans for the long weekend?

6. 你能告诉我长时间地过着快乐的生活的秘诀吗?

[ nǐ néng gào sù wǒ cháng shí jiān dì guò zhuó kuài lè de shēng huó de mì jué ma ? ]

Could you tell me your secret for a long, happy life?

7. 现在的医疗保健使得人们活得更长。

[ xiàn zài de yī liáo bǎo jiàn shǐ dé rén mén huó dé gèng cháng 。 ]

And now medical care helps to keep people alive longer.

8. 巨大的人口增长将产生很多问题。

[ jù dà de rén kǒu zēng cháng jiāng chǎn shēng hěn duō wèn tí 。 ]

The enormous increase of population will create many problems.