读书 (dúshū) means Read (study). Below are 17 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
学校提倡多 读书 。
Xuéxiào tíchàng duō dú shū.
The school encourages reading more.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 提倡
读书 能让人学会思考。
Dú shū néng ràng rén xuéhuì sīkǎo.
Reading teaches a person to think.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 思考
读书 要有批判的眼光。
Dúshū yào yǒu pīpàn de yǎnguāng.
One should read with a critical eye.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 批判
读书 能开阔人的视野。
Dúshū néng kāikuò rén de shìyě.
Reading broadens a person's horizons.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 视野
读书 能提高个人修养。
Dúshū néng tígāo gèrén xiūyǎng.
Reading raises a person's cultivation.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 修养
读书 是他快乐的源泉。
Dúshū shì tā kuàilè de yuánquán.
Reading is his source of happiness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 源泉
失业以后他回学校 读书 。
Shī yè yǐhòu tā huí xuéxiào dú shū.
After losing his job he went back to study.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 失业
读书 的重要性不言而喻。
Dúshū de zhòngyàoxìng bùyán'éryù.
The importance of reading goes without saying.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不言而喻
读书 可以提高审美能力。
Dúshū kěyǐ tígāo shěnměi nénglì.
Reading can improve one's aesthetic sense.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 审美
读书 可以避免思想狭隘。
Dúshū kěyǐ bìmiǎn sīxiǎng xiá'ài.
Reading helps one avoid narrow-mindedness.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 狭隘
父母想方设法供他 读书 。
Fùmǔ xiǎng fāng shè fǎ gōng tā dúshū.
His parents tried every means to keep him in school.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 想方设法
读书 能改变一个人的气质。
Dúshū néng gǎibiàn yí ge rén de qìzhì.
Reading can change a person's bearing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 气质
她不惜放弃高薪工作去 读书 。
Tā bùxī fàngqì gāo xīn gōngzuò qù dúshū.
She did not hesitate to give up a well-paid job in order to study.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不惜
读书 可以开阔一个人的眼界。
Dúshū kěyǐ kāikuò yí ge rén de yǎnjiè.
Reading broadens a person's horizons.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开阔
学校开展了一系列 读书 活动。
Xuéxiào kāizhǎn le yí xìliè dúshū huódòng.
The school launched a series of reading activities.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 开展
长期不 读书 会让人的思想变得闭塞。
Chángqī bù dúshū huì ràng rén de sīxiǎng biàn de bìsè.
Going a long time without reading makes a person's thinking narrow.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 闭塞
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How is 读书 used in a sentence?
This page shows 17 sentences using 读书 (dúshū, "Read (study)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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