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  • 1

    adj.(of clothing) thin; insubstantial; thinly clad in cold weather

    • nǐ chuān de tài dān bó le

      穿单薄

      You are not wearing enough.

    • chuān de dān bó hěn róng yì gǎn mào

      穿单薄容易感冒

      One is prone to colds if lightly dressed.

    • shī qì tòu jìn tā dān bó de xié zi

      湿气单薄鞋子

      The damp seeped through her thin shoes.

  • 2

    adj.(of a human body) frail; feeble; weak

    • tā cóng xiǎo duō bìng shēn zi hěn dān bó

      从小身子单薄

      She was sickly as a child, small and thin.

    • tā shēn tǐ dān bó zǒng shì shēng bìng

      身体单薄总是生病

      He is physically weak and always sick.

    • shuí huì xiǎng dào tā huì zhè me dān bó zhè me xiǎo

      想到这么单薄这么

      Who would have thought she could be so thin and small!

  • 3

    adj.(of strength or proof) weak; insubstantial; flimsy

    • wǒ men rén shǒu dān bó

      我们人手单薄

      We are short of hands.

    • nǐ de zhèng jù tài dān bó

      证据单薄

      Your evidence is too flimsy.

    • wǒ men de lì liàng yǒu xiē dān bó

      我们力量有些单薄

      We are a little outnumbered.