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MEANING/意义

鸭子

EXAMPLES/列句

煮熟的鸭子飞了

zhǔ shú de yā zi fēi le

the cooked duck flew away -- lose what one has got，fail to seize an opportunity when it's available

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	煮熟	zhǔ shóu	boil
2.	的	de	used with an adjective or an attributive phrase; used to form a noun; used to emphasize the doer，time or place
3.	鸭子	yā zi	duck
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过了半天，它们找到了鸭子。

guò le bàn tiān ，tā men zhǎo dào le yā zi

After quite a while，they found the duck.

SL	Character	PinYin	Translation
1.	过	guò	to pass; to live; to go through; to exceed; excessively，too
2.	了	liǎo	understand，know clearly
3.	半天	bàn tiān	half of the day; long time
4.	它们	tā men	they，them (third person plural and non-human)
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COMBINATIONS/组合

赶鸭子上架

gǎn yā zi shàng jià

drive a duck onto a perch -- to force someone do something that is entirely beyond his capability.