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摆

bǎi · bai

Traditional 擺

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to arrange
  2. to exhibit
  3. to move to and fro
  4. a pendulum

In a sentence

2 examples
01

电(diàn)视(shì)机(jī)不(bù)应(yīng)该(gāi)摆(bǎi)太(tài)接(jiē)近(jìn)，摆(bǎi)更(gèng)远(yuǎn)一(yì)点(diǎn)。

The TV shouldn't be so close. Put it a little further back.

Tatoeba: Chinese by carlosboyero · English by sharris123 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

新(xīn)的(de)旗(qí)袍(páo)又(yòu)修(xiū)长(cháng)又(yòu)紧(jǐn)身(shēn)，也(yě)有(yǒu)短(duǎn)裙(qún)摆(bǎi)，与(yǔ)传(chuán)统(tǒng)式(shì)样(yàng)构(gòu)成(chéng)了(le)鲜(xiān)明(míng)的(de)对(duì)比(bǐ)。

Slender and form-fitting with a high cut, the new qipao contrasted sharply with the traditional one.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by eastasiastudent · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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