彗星 huìxīng
calkins
February 24, 2009, 10:03 AM posted in General Discussion
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huìxīng
彗星
Example Sentence
T 第一顆由台灣望遠鏡發現並命名的彗星「鹿林彗星」，今天最接近地球。錯過這一次，再等4943萬年！
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S 第一颗由台湾望远镜发现并命名的彗星「鹿林彗星」，今天最接近地球。错过这一次，再等4943万年！
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Dìyī kē yóu Táiwān wàngyuǎnjìng fāxiàn bìng mìngmíng de huìxīng "Lùlín Huìxīng," jīntiān zuì jiējìn dìqiú. Cuòguò zhè yīcì, zài děng 4943 wàn nián!
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A telescope in Taiwan was the first to discover and name the comet "Lulin Comet," today it is the closest it will get to Earth. To miss it this time, you must wait another 49,430,000 years!
Example Sentence
T 鹿林彗星將在2月 24日到達距離地球最近的位置，屆時它大約距離地面3800萬英里，比月球與地球之間的距離遠160倍。
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S 鹿林彗星将在2月 24日到达距离地球最近的位置，届时它大约距离地面3800万英里，比月球与地球之间的距离远160倍。
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Lùlín Huìxīng jiāng zài 2 yuè 24 rì dàodá jùlí dìqiú zuìjìn de wèizhi , jièshí tā dàyuē jùlí dìmiàn 3800 wàn yīnglǐ, bǐ yuèqiú yǔ dìqiú zhījiān de jùlí yuǎn 160 bèi.
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Lulin Comet will reach its nearest distance to the Earth on February 24th, at which time it will be approximately 38,000,000 miles from Earth's surface, which is 160 times further than the distance between the Moon and Earth.
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changye
February 24, 2009, 10:58 AM彗星 is also called as 扫帚星 (sao4 zhou xing1) in Chinese, and both 彗 and 扫帚 indicate "a broom". The English word "comet" is originated in a Greek word " kometes" (long-haired), but Chinese comet is a witch's broom. Please be noted that it's NOT a deck brush!
calkins
February 24, 2009, 10:05 AMThis goes well with bababardwan's similar vocab. picture yesterday 土星 Tǔxīng.