两 liǎng
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 一 — one
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
两极
liǎngjí
two poles
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Example phrases
- 大家对这部电影的评价很两极，有人特别喜欢，有人觉得无聊。 Dàjiā duì zhè bù diànyǐng de píngjià hěn liǎngjí, yǒu rén tèbié xǐhuan, yǒu rén juéde wúliáo. People's opinions of this film are polarised: some like it a lot, others find it boring.
- 地球的两极终年被冰雪覆盖，气温非常低。 Dìqiú de liǎngjí zhōngnián bèi bīngxuě fùgài, qìwēn fēicháng dī. The two poles of the Earth are covered with ice and snow all year round, and it is very cold.
- 他的心情总在两极之间摆动，不是狂喜就是失落。 Tā de xīnqíng zǒng zài liǎngjí zhījiān bǎidòng, bú shì kuángxǐ jiù shì shīluò. His mood swings between extremes: it is either joy or disappointment.
Related words
- 两 liǎng two, both
- 两 liǎng a tael, about fifty grams
- 两边 liǎngbian both sides
- 两岸 liǎng'àn both banks
- 两口子 liǎngkǒuzi husband and wife; married couple
- 两栖 liǎngqī amphibious; to live or work in two spheres
- 两手 liǎngshǒu both hands; two approaches; dual preparations
- 两下子 liǎngxiàzi real ability; a few tricks; some skill
- 两翼 liǎngyì both wings; two flanks; two supporting sides
- 一举两得 yìjǔliǎngdé to achieve two things at once
- 积极 jījí active; positive
- 极了 jíle extremely (after adjectives)