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时髦

shímáo

fashionable; trendy

A stylish person in bright clothes walks past a plainly dressed onlooker
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Characters in this word

时 shí

Strokes
7
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 寸 inch
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 时

髦 máo

Strokes
14
Radical
髟 — long hair
Made of
髟 long hair 毛 hair, fur, feathers
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 髦

Example phrases

  • 他拒绝把公益项目包装成时髦概念,更愿意把预算花在长期服务上。 Tā jùjué bǎ gōngyì xiàngmù bāozhuāng chéng shímáo gàiniàn, gèng yuànyì bǎ yùsuàn huā zài chángqī fúwù shàng. He refused to package the public welfare project as a fashionable concept and preferred to spend the budget on long-term services.
  • 这家店的衣服款式很时髦,价格也不贵。 Zhè jiā diàn de yīfu kuǎnshì hěn shímáo, jiàgé yě bú guì. The clothes in this shop are very fashionable, and the prices are not expensive either.
  • 年轻人觉得留这种发型很时髦。 Niánqīngrén juéde liú zhè zhǒng fàxíng hěn shímáo. Young people think this hairstyle is trendy.

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