流星
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English
- meteor; shooting star
- meteor hammer (abbr. for 流星錘|流星锤[liu2 xing1 chui2])
- meteor; shooting star
粵語 — Cantonese
- 跌入大氣層燃燒發光嘅微細天體;通常指夜晚天空上短暫出現嘅一條光,好似一粒飛過嘅星星咁
Examples
我刚看到一颗流星。
I just saw a shooting star.
Tatoeba · carloszo CC BY
明天要看流星雨啊!
Tomorrow we are going to see the meteor shower!
Tatoeba · sysko CC BY
不要把流星和小行星搞混了。
Don't mix up comets and asteroids.
Tatoeba · wangzi0921 CC BY
在我們頭頂飛舞著的沙粒,在我們手中揮動著的刀劍……它們不是甚麼,只不過是在夜空中擦過的一朵朵流星。
The turbulent sands above our heads, the flinging of our swords... they're naught but falling stars in the night sky.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
流星雨
meteor shower
聽講望住流星許願會成真。
I heard that if one looks at a shooting star while making a wish, that wish will come true.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk