He is what we call a walking dictionary.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
活字典
walking dictionary
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
walking dictionary
02
well-informed person
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 活字典 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 活字典 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
She is, so to speak, a walking dictionary.
That old man, let's just say, is a living dictionary.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 活字典.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 活字典.
Directly before
- 一本活字典1
- 的活字典1
- 个活字典1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 活字典
What does 活字典 mean in Chinese?
活字典 (huózìdiǎn) means walking dictionary.
How do you pronounce 活字典?
活字典 is pronounced huózìdiǎn.
Is 活字典 an HSK word?
活字典 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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