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MEANING/意义

发呆

EXAMPLES/列句

我站在游泳池边发呆

wǒ zhàn zài yóu yǒng chí biān fā dāi

I stood by the pool，staring blankly.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	我	wǒ	I，me，my; we，us，our; one，anyone; oneself
2.	站	zhàn	to stand (up) ; to stop，to halt
3.	在	zài	in the process of，in the course of (indicating an action in progress)
4.	游泳池	yóu yǒng chí	swimming pool
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有时候，他坐在椅子上，一言不发地坐着发呆，一坐就是半天。

yǒu shí hou ，tā zuò zài yǐ zi shàng ，yì yán bù fā de zuò zhe fā dāi ，yí zuò jiù shì bàn tiān

Sometimes，he sits on the chair，staring blankly into nothing and without uttering a word，for a long while.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	有时候	yǒu shí hou	sometimes
2.	他	tā	he，him; another，other; everyone; meaningless mock object
3.	椅子	yǐ zi	chair
4.	上	shàng	previous，last (used before nouns to show something happened earlier) ; higher in position
5.	一言不发	yì yán bù fā	not say a word (idiom) ，keep silent
6.	地	dì	land，soil; the earth; ground; location; position; prefecture; space; background; distance; mental state
7.	坐	zuò	sit，travel by or on
8.	着	zhe	(after a verb to indicate an action is in a progress or in a certain state that continues)
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