美洲
Měi zhōu
Pinyin

Definition

美洲
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Měi zhōu
  1. America (including North, Central and South America)
  2. the Americas
  3. abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲[Yà měi lì jiā Zhōu]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

完美
wán měi
  1. 1 perfect
  2. 2 perfection
  3. 3 perfectly
精美
jīng měi
  1. 1 delicate
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 refinement
美
Měi
  1. 1 the Americas
  2. 2 abbr. for 美洲[Měi zhōu]
  3. 3 USA
  4. 4 abbr. for 美國|美国[Měi guó]
美人
měi rén
  1. 1 beauty
  2. 2 belle
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
美女
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
美好
měi hǎo
  1. 1 beautiful
  2. 2 fine
美丽
měi lì
  1. 1 beautiful
亚洲
Yà zhōu
  1. 1 Asia
  2. 2 abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Yà xì yà Zhōu]
优美
yōu měi
  1. 1 graceful
  2. 2 fine
  3. 3 elegant
北美
Běi měi
  1. 1 North America
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
唯美
wéi měi
  1. 1 aesthetics
审美
shěn měi
  1. 1 esthetics
  2. 2 appreciating the arts
  3. 3 taste
爱美
ài měi
  1. 1 love of beauty
  2. 2 wishing to appear beautiful
  3. 3 to set store by one's appearance
柔美
róu měi
  1. 1 gentle and beautiful
欧洲
Ōu zhōu
  1. 1 Europe
  2. 2 abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ōu luó bā Zhōu]
凄美
qī měi
  1. 1 poignant
  2. 2 sad and beautiful
澳洲
Ào zhōu
  1. 1 Australia
  2. 2 abbr. for 澳大利亞洲|澳大利亚洲[Ào dà lì yà Zhōu]
甜美
tián měi
  1. 1 sweet
  2. 2 pleasant
  3. 3 happy

Idioms (19)

价廉物美
jià lián wù měi
  1. 1 inexpensive and of good quality (idiom)
两全其美
liǎng quán qí měi
  1. 1 to satisfy rival demands (idiom)
  2. 2 to get the best of both worlds
  3. 3 to have it both ways
  4. 4 to have one's cake and eat it too
十全十美
shí quán shí měi
  1. 1 complete and beautiful
  2. 2 to be perfect (idiom)
天公不作美
tiān gōng bù zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is not cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is not favorable for the planned activity
天公作美
tiān gōng zuò měi
  1. 1 Heaven is cooperating (idiom)
  2. 2 the weather is favorable for the planned activity (a variation of 天公不作美|天公不作美[tiān gōng bù zuò měi])
专美于前
zhuān měi yú qián
  1. 1 to monopolize the limelight (idiom)
  2. 2 to get all the glory
  3. 3 to rank highest
爱美之心，人皆有之
ài měi zhī xīn , rén jiē yǒu zhī
  1. 1 everyone loves beauty (idiom)
珍馐美味
zhēn xiū měi wèi
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
珍馐美馔
zhēn xiū měi zhuàn
  1. 1 delicacy and fine taste (idiom); a wonderful treat
甜言美语
tián yán měi yǔ
  1. 1 sweet words, beautiful phrases (idiom); hypocritical flattery
尽善尽美
jìn shàn jìn měi
  1. 1 perfect (idiom); perfection
  2. 2 the best of all possible worlds
  3. 3 as good as it gets
美不胜收
měi bù shèng shōu
  1. 1 nothing more beautiful can be imagined (idiom)
美中不足
měi zhōng bù zú
  1. 1 everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom); the fly in the ointment
美其名曰
měi qí míng yuē
  1. 1 to call by the glorified name of (idiom)
美轮美奂
měi lún měi huàn
  1. 1 (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)
良宵美景
liáng xiāo měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
良辰美景
liáng chén měi jǐng
  1. 1 fine time, beautiful scenery (idiom); everything lovely
英雄难过美人关
yīng xióng nán guò měi rén guān
  1. 1 even heroes have a weakness for the charms of a beautiful woman (idiom)
貌美如花
mào měi rú huā
  1. 1 (of a woman) lovely as a flower (idiom)
  2. 2 beautiful

Sample Sentences

巴西国博有逾二千万件藏品，其中最珍贵的包括美洲最早的人类头骨化石、落在巴西境内最大的陨石等。
Bāxī guóbó yǒu yú èrqiānwàn jiàn cángpǐn ，qízhōng zuì zhēnguì de bāokuò Měizhōu zuìzǎo de rénlèi tóugǔ huàshí 、luò zài Bāxī jìngnèi zuìdà de yǔnshí děng 。
Brazil has more than 20 million collections, the most precious of which include the earliest human skull fossils in the Americas and the largest meteorites in Brazil.
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一只美洲狮朝羚羊扑过去。
yī zhī měizhōushī cháo língyáng pū guòqù 。
A cougar pounced in the direction of the antelope.
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我是亚洲人，理论上说应该支持亚洲球队。但是我觉得他们的实力还是没办法和欧洲，南美洲或者非洲的球队相比。
wǒ shì yàzhōurén ，lǐlúnshàng shuō yīnggāi zhīchí Yàzhōu qiúduì 。dànshì wǒ juéde tāmen de shílì hái shì méi bànfǎ hé Ōuzhōu ，Nánměizhōu huòzhě Fēizhōu de qiúduì xiāngbǐ 。
I am Asian, so theoretically I should support the Asian teams. But I think that they still can’t match the level of play of teams from Europe, South America, and Africa.
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