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  • 1

    adj.have less contact; unfamiliar; strange

    • yǒu shí wǒ men huì yù dào wán quán shēng shū de xīn wèn tí

      有时我们遇到完全生疏问题

      Sometimes we will encounter problems we have never seen before.

    • tā duì zhè xiàng gōng zuò hěn shēng shū

      工作生疏

      He is strange to the work.

    • wǒ duì zhè lǐ bìng bù suàn shēng shū

      这里生疏

      I'm no stranger here.

  • 2

    adj.rusty; out of practice

    • tā de yīng wén yǒu diǎn shēng shū

      英文有点生疏

      His English is getting rusty.

    • wǒ hěn jiǔ méi yǒu dòng bǐ xiě zì dōu shēng shū le

      没有生疏

      It's been a long time since I've written. My characters are rusty.

    • tā de qí yì yǒu diǎn shēng shū le

      棋艺有点生疏

      She's a little rusty in chess.

  • 3

    adj.(of a relationship) getting distant; not as close as before

    • yīn wèi jiǔ bù lián xì tā men biàn de hěn shēng shū le

      因为联系他们生疏

      They are not as close as before for lack of contact.

    • tā gǎi biàn hěn duō wǒ men de guān xi yě shēng shū le

      改变我们关系生疏

      He has changed a great deal, so we're not as close as we used to be.

    • hái zi zhù zài gū gu jiā gēn fù mǔ hěn shēng shū

      孩子姑姑父母生疏

      Living with his aunt, the child has grown distant from his parents.