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筒

tǒng / tǒng
HSK 7

English Meaning

(tǒng) tube; cylinder; to encase in sth cylindrical (such as hands in sleeves etc) | (tǒng) variant of 筒

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
你既然这么想毁了那个笔筒
HSK 7 00:02
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“Your actions make no sense unless you are actively trying to hide something guilty.”

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那是你做贼心虚

“You're just feeling guilty.”

“If you wanted to destroy that pen holder so badly,”

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干吗不直接把它从家里拿走 扔了

“why didn't you just take it away from home and throw it away?”

《危险关系》 · crisis_and_conflict
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我就跟竹筒倒豆子一样的
HSK 7 00:02
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我怎么早没有想起来呀

“Why didn't I think of this earlier?”

“Just like the beans spilled from a bamboo tube,”

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我全倒出去了

“I held nothing back.”

《蜜语纪》 · daily_life
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到时候进了派出所竹筒倒豆子
HSK 7 00:02
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就跟他的名字一样 嘴可松了

“keep his mouth shut. Just like his name. [* Song can mean "loose" in Chinese]”

“Once he's at the police station, he'll spill everything.”

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你那工作能不能保住 也是两说了

“Whether you can keep your job is another question.”

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