Chinese dictionary
- 1
num.fmltwice; once more
再接再厉
make persistent efforts
一而再,再而三
over and over
如果这个例子你不明白,我再给你举另一个例子。
If you don't understand this example, let me give you a second one.
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- 2
adv.again; once more
请再唱一遍。
Please sing it again.
你再试一次。
Try again.
请再等几天。
Please wait for another few days.
- 3
v.fmlrecur; reappear
青春不再。
One's youth never returns.
良机难再。
Opportunity knocks but once.
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- 4
adv.(used to indicate the occurrence of an action after the completion of another)
雨停了再走吧。
Let's leave when the rain stops.
吃完饭再看电视吧。
Have your dinner before you watch TV.
拿定主意再下手
draw up a workable plan before taking any action
- 5
adv.(used before adjectives) more
再好不过。
It couldn't be any better.
以求再进
strive for further progress
声音再大点。
Still louder, please.
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- 6
adv.in addition
再说
moreover
再不然
otherwise
再就是
and also
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- 7
adv.used to indicate the continuing of a situation in conditional or suppositional clauses; if
再不走,就赶不上火车了。
If we don't leave now, we'll miss the train.
再过几天,整个工程就竣工了。
The project will be accomplished in a few more days.
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Words and phrases with 再
- 再认[word]recognition
- 再投资[word]plough back
- 再不[word]or
- 再教育[word]re-educate
- 再审[word]review; retrial
- 再开始[word]renewal
- 再现[word]reappear
- 再循环[word]recycling
- 再婚[word]remarry
- 再生父母[idiom]one's great benefactor
- 再造之恩[idiom]favor tantamount to giving somebody a new lease of life
- 再衰三竭[idiom]be weakened and demoralized
- 再作冯妇[idiom]take on a risky and difficult job again
- 再生之德[idiom]the grace of rebirth
- 再接再厉[idiom]continue to exert oneself
- 再三再四[idiom]time and again
Word usage
- Note"再" is different from "又". "又" mainly refers to a situation that has been repeated; "再" mainly refers to a situation that will be repeated.