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霜 shuāng

frost; frozen, crystallized, candied

Strokes
17
Level
HSK 6
Radical
雨
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 雨相 ⿱雨相

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  1. 昨晚下了一层霜。
    Zuówǎn xià le yì céng shuāng.
    Frost fell last night.
    last-night fall (particle) one layer frost
  2. 这场事故对他来说是不是雪上加霜？
    Zhè chǎng shìgù duì tā láishuō shì bu shì xuěshàngjiāshuāng?
    Isn't this accident adding insult to injury for him?
    this (measure) accident to him speaking is not-is add-frost-to-snow (question)
  3. 失业之后又生病，真是雪上加霜。
    Shīyè zhīhòu yòu shēngbìng, zhēnshi xuěshàngjiāshuāng.
    After losing his job and then getting sick, it's truly adding insult to injury.
    lose-job after also get-sick, really-is add-frost-to-snow
  4. 幸好没有雪上加霜，情况没有变得更糟。
    Xìnghǎo méiyǒu xuěshàngjiāshuāng, qíngkuàng méiyǒu biàn de gèng zāo.
    Fortunately it didn't get worse on top of that, the situation didn't deteriorate further.
    fortunately not-have add-frost-to-snow, situation not-have become (particle) more bad
  5. 深秋的清晨，地面上结了一层薄霜。
    Shēnqiū de qīngchén, dìmiàn shàng jié le yì céng báo shuāng.
    On a late autumn morning, a thin layer of frost formed on the ground.
    deep-autumn (particle) early-morning, ground-on form (particle) one layer thin frost

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