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影子
yǐng zi
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- pinyin
- yǐng zi
- simplified
- 影子
- traditional
- 影子
1 · noun
shadow
物体遮挡光线后形成的暗形。
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Under the streetlights, our shadows grow long and then short again.
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路灯下，我们的影子一会儿长，一会儿短。
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