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 | 是1 | | shì | 动 | | | 1 [used like “be” before nouns or pronouns to identify, describe or amplify the subject]: | | | 我是医生。 I am a doctor. | | | 《阿Q正传》的作者是鲁迅。 The author of The True Story of Ah Q is Lu Xun. | | | 他真心爱的是你。 You are the girl he truly loves. | | | 她还是一身中学生打扮。 She still dresses like a high school girl. |
| 2 [after nouns denoting place or position to express existence]: | | | 遍地是鲜花。 The place is covered with flowers. | | | 前面是一片稻田。 There is a stretch of rice fields ahead. | | | 他满身是汗。 He is sweating all over. |
| 3 [with 的 at the end of the sentence, to indicate category, characteristic, etc. ]: | | | 我是教书的。 I am a teacher. | | | 那儿的房屋是木头的。 The houses there are built of wood. | | | 马路边净是看热闹的。 The street was crowded with people watching the excitement. |
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| | | a [before the subject to stress it]: | | | 是谁告诉你的？ Who told you? | | | 花瓶是我妹妹摔破的。 It was my sister who broke the vase. |
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| | | b [after a verb or adjective plus 的, to stress the predicate]: | | | 说的正是你。 It's you we are talking about. | | | 可惜的是浪费了这么多时间。 It's a pity we've wasted so much time. | | | 麻烦的是他生病来不了。 The trouble is he's taken ill and can't come. |
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| | | c [before the object, adverbial, etc. to be stressed]: | | | 我是专程去看老王的。 I made a special trip to see Lao Wang. | | | 他们看的是话剧，不是电影。 They went to see a play, not a film. or What they saw was a play, not a film. | | | 好好的一次郊游搞成这样子，都是你！ It was all your fault the outing became such a flop. |
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| | | d [pronounced with stress; indicating certainty]: | | | 他是去了。 He did go. | | | 天气是冷。 It is cold indeed. | | | 他的工作效率是高。 He is really efficient. |
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| 5 be just right: | | | 这场雨下的是时候。 This rain has come at just the right time. | | | 工具放的不是地方。 The tools are not put in the right place. |
| 6 [before nouns at the beginning of the sentence, followed by 都 or 就] every; all; any: | | | 是公众的事，大家都要关心。 Whatever concerns the public concerns us all. | | | 是什么样的老师，就教出什么样的学生。 Like teacher, like student. | | | 是什么种子，就开出什么花。 Each kind of seed produces its own flowers. |
| 7 [between two identical words] |
| | | a [used together with 就 or 总 to indicate actuality]: | | | 事实总是事实，谁也否认不了的。 Facts are facts, and no one can deny them. | | | 不懂就是不懂，不要装懂。 If you don't know, you don't know, don't pretend. |
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| | | b [in a clause of concession]: | | | 工作忙是忙，可是大家很愉快。 We are busy to be sure, but every one is very happy. | | | 诗是好诗，就是长了点儿。 It is a good poem all right, but it's a bit too long. | | | 这东西旧是旧，但还可以用。 Yes, it's old, but it can still be used. |
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| | | c [in two parallel clauses to indicate mutual exclusiveness]: | | | 他是他，我是我，我们毫不相干。 He is he, I am I; we have nothing to do with each other. |
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| | | d [in two or three parallel clauses to indicate thoroughness or excellence of performance]: | | | 他演得真好，表情是表情，身段是身段，做功是做功。 He is a marvellous actor; his expressions, movements, and gestures are the best. |
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| 8 [in yes-no questions]: | | | 你是不是明天去游泳？ (= 你是明天去游泳不是？ ) Are you going swimming tomorrow? |
| 9 [in alternative questions]: | | | 你坐火车呢，还是坐汽车？ Are you going by train or by bus? | | | 这件事是真是假，谁也搞不清。 Nobody knows whether it's true or not. |
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| 是2 | | shì | 动形名 | | | 1 [in affirmative answers] yes; right: | | | 是，我就去。 Yes, I'll go right away. | | | 是，我们一定完成任务。 Right, we will complete the task. |
2 〈书〉 praise; justify  是古非今 |
| II 形 correct; right: | | | 你说得是。 What you said is right. or You are quite right. | | | 应当早做准备才是。 Preparing early is the right thing to do. or It's right to prepare early. |
| III 名 right (opp. 非) 是非 |
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| 是3 | | shì | 代 | | | 代 〈书〉 this; that: | | | 如是 like this | | | 由是可知 from this you can see | | | 是日天气晴朗。 It was fine that day. or It was a fine day. |
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