夏天天气很热,很多人想让自己凉快一点。
最近,有些人会买一个大冬瓜,放在床上,睡觉的时候抱着它。
抱冬瓜真的会凉快一些。
因为冬瓜里面有很多水,身体碰到它的时候,会觉得比较凉。
但是,这个方法也有问题。
冬瓜很重,也很硬。
睡觉的时候,如果冬瓜碰到身体,可能会让人不舒服。
小孩更不要抱着冬瓜睡觉,因为这可能会有危险。
抱冬瓜前,也要先洗干净。
冬瓜外面有一层毛,有些人碰了以后会不舒服。
所以,抱冬瓜睡觉可以让人觉得凉一点,但是不一定安全。
夏天想凉快,最好多喝水,还可以吃西瓜,也可以吃冬瓜汤。
吃冬瓜比抱冬瓜更好。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 凉快 | liáng kuai | to cool oneself; to cool off / (coll.) to stay out of it; to butt out |
| 一点 | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 有些 | yǒu xiē | some |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 冬瓜 | dōng guā | wax gourd (Cucurbitaceae, Benincasa hispida) / white gourd / white hairy melon / Chinese squash |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 床 | chuáng | bed; couch (furniture that one can lie down on) / bed; bottom (of rivers, oceans, gardens etc) / frame; chassis |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed / to sleep |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 抱 | bào | to hold / to carry (in one's arms) / to hug / to embrace / to surround / to cherish / (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 真的 | zhēn de | really; truly; indeed |
| 一些 | yī xiē | some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 里面 | lǐ miàn | inside / interior |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 身体 | shēn tǐ | the body |
| 碰 | pèng | to touch / to meet with / to bump |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 它的 | tā de | its; belonging to it |
| 觉得 | jué de | to feel (uncomfortable etc) |
| 比较 | bǐ jiào | comparatively / relatively / quite |
| 凉 | liáng | cool / cold |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this / (adjective) this |
| 方法 | fāng fǎ | method; way; technique; procedure |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |
| 重 | zhòng | heavy / serious |
| 硬 | yìng | hard; stiff; solid |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 舒服 | shū fu | comfortable / feeling well |
| 小孩 | xiǎo hái | child |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 不要 | bù yào | don't!; must not |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 危险 | wēi xiǎn | danger |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 洗 | xǐ | to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording) |
| 干净 | gān jìng | clean / neat |
| 外面 | wài miàn | surface / exterior / external appearance |
| 层 | céng | classifier for layers |
| 毛 | máo | hair / feather / down / wool / mildew / mold |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 一定 | yī dìng | surely; certainly; definitely |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 喝 | hē | to drink |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 西瓜 | xī guā | watermelon |
| 汤 | tāng | soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |