Chinese–EnglishWith examples
材料
cái liào · cai liao
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- (raw) material
- data
- (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job
In a sentence
2 examples01
用优质材料做的家具卖得很好。
Furniture made of good materials sells well.
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02
写论文之前，他收集了大量的参考材料。
Before writing the paper, he collected a large amount of reference material.
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