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空气 in Context

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空气

Usage 1 - "air": 

Sentence

这里的空气好新鲜。

English:

The air here is quite fresh. 

Top-Down Words:

这里 zhèli - here
新鲜 xīnxiān - fresh


*Sentence

空气中有臭味。

English:

There is a rancid smell in the air.

Top-Down Words:

臭味 chòuwèi - bad smell


Sentence:

公园的空气很清新。

English:

The air in the park is really fresh. 

Top-Down Words:

清新 qīngxīn - clear and fresh


Sentence

呼吸着一样的空气。

English:

You're breathing in the same air.

Top-Down Words:

呼吸 hūxī - to breath



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Comments   6

Matt Shubert

Hey guys,

"空气中有臭味."

What's the 中 doing there? Is it just specifying the air right here, in the middle of us, is the "area" that smells bad (not necessarily the air around us, across the room, etc.)?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Think of it as like "within" or "among." There are a lot of things in the air, but *among* them is a 臭味.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq10m5Vm4g4&t=2496s

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Gavin Meakin

So you would say 楼外面的空气中有臭味 for outside and 楼里的空气有臭味 for inside?

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Mandarin Blueprint

That's right!

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Gavin Meakin

Excellent. Cheers for such a good explanation in the video! Really made this concept easy to understand :)

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