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please sit down phrase [UK: pliːz sɪt daʊn] [US: ˈpliːz ˈsɪt ˈdaʊn] | 請坐phrase 请坐 /qǐng zuò/phrase |
please speak more slowly phrase [UK: pliːz spiːk mɔː(r) ˈsləʊ.li] [US: ˈpliːz ˈspiːk ˈmɔːr ˈsloʊ.li] | 請說慢一點phrase |
please turn left phrase | 請左轉phrase 请左转 /qǐng zuǒ zhuǎn/phrase |
please turn right phrase | 請右轉phrase 请右转 /qǐng yòu zhuǎn/phrase |
pleased (happy, content) adjective [UK: pliːzd] [US: ˈpliːzd] | 高兴 /gāoxìng/adjective 高興adjective |
pleased to meet you (polite formula used when being introduced to somebody) phrase [UK: pliːzd tuː miːt juː] [US: ˈpliːzd ˈtuː ˈmiːt ˈjuː] | wǒ zhēn gāoxìng/phrase 幸会 /xìnghuì/phrase 幸會phrase 很高兴见到您 /hěn gāoxìng jiàndào nín/phrase 很高興見到您phrase 認識您,我真高興phrase 认识您,我真高兴 /rènshi nínphrase |
pleasing (giving pleasure) adjective [UK: ˈpliːz.ɪŋ] [US: ˈpliːz.ɪŋ.tən] | 愉快 /yúkuài/adjective |
pleasure [pleasures] (a state of being pleased) noun [UK: ˈple.ʒə(r)] [US: ˈple.ʒər] | 乐趣 /lèqù/noun 樂趣noun 欢乐 /huānlè/noun 歡樂noun |
pleasure center (region of the brain) noun | |
pleasure principle (principle that human decisions are motivated by desire) noun | 快樂原則noun |
pleat [pleats] (fold in a fabric of a garment) noun [UK: pliːt] [US: ˈpliːt] | 褶子 /zhězi/noun |
business before pleasure (discharging one's obligations should come before one's own gratification) phrase [UK: ˈbɪz.nəs bɪ.ˈfɔː(r)] [US: ˈbɪz.nəs bɪ.ˈfɔːr] | 先工作后玩乐 /xiān gōngzuò hòu wánlè/phrase 先工作後玩樂phrase |
could I see the menu, please (said to ask for a menu) phrase | 請拿菜單來phrase 請給我菜單phrase |
guilty pleasure (something that brings pleasure but is considered taboo) noun | 俗人之樂noun 怪癖 /guàipǐ/noun 恶趣味 /èqùwèi/noun 惡趣味noun 負罪的快感noun |
knife pleat (a type of sharply pressed pleating) noun | 刀褶 /dāozhě/noun |