双十一 · Singles' Day
Double Eleven: the shopping cart, the coupons, the midnight rush and the parcels — and the singles the day was first for.
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- 双十一
- shuāng shí yī
- Singles' Day; Double Eleven (the 11 November shopping festival)
双十一快到了，你想买什么？
shuāng shí yī kuài dào le nǐ xiǎng mǎi shén me
Singles' Day is almost here — what do you want to buy?
- 光棍节
- guāng gùn jié
- Singles' Day (11 November), a day for single people
- 单身
- dān shēn
- single; unmarried
十一月十一号本来是单身的人过的光棍节。
shí yī yuè shí yī hào běn lái shì dān shēn de rén guò de guāng gùn jié
The eleventh of November was originally Singles' Day, a holiday for people who are single.
- 购物车
- gòu wù chē
- shopping cart
我的购物车里已经有三十多件东西了。
wǒ de gòu wù chē lǐ yǐ jīng yǒu sān shí duō jiàn dōng xi le
There are already more than thirty things in my shopping cart.
- 打折
- dǎ zhé
- to give a discount; to be on sale
- 半价
- bàn jià
- half price
很多东西都在打折，有的还是半价。
hěn duō dōng xi dōu zài dǎ zhé yǒu de hái shì bàn jià
Lots of things are on sale, and some are even half price.
- 优惠券
- yōu huì quàn
- coupon
付款以前，别忘了用优惠券。
fù kuǎn yǐ qián bié wàng le yòng yōu huì quàn
Don't forget to use your coupons before you pay.
- 熬夜
- áo yè
- to stay up late
- 抢购
- qiǎng gòu
- to rush to buy; to snap up
很多人熬夜等到零点抢购。
hěn duō rén áo yè děng dào líng diǎn qiǎng gòu
Lots of people stay up until midnight to snap up the deals.
- 快递
- kuài dì
- express delivery; a parcel delivery
双十一过后，快递比平时慢多了。
shuāng shí yī guò hòu kuài dì bǐ píng shí màn duō le
After Singles' Day, deliveries are much slower than usual.
- 退货
- tuì huò
- to return (goods)
买错了也没关系，七天内可以退货。
mǎi cuò le yě méi guān xi qī tiān nèi kě yǐ tuì huò
It's fine if you buy the wrong thing — you can return it within seven days.
- 后悔
- hòu huǐ
- to regret
我一下子花了两千块，现在有点后悔。
wǒ yí xià zi huā le liǎng qiān kuài xiàn zài yǒu diǎn hòu huǐ
I spent two thousand yuan in one go, and now I regret it a bit.