冰雹 (bīng báo): hail; hailstone; CL:場|场[chang2],粒[li4]

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HSK 7noun

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Pinyin
Meaning: hail; hailstone; CL:場|场[chang2],粒[li4]
Characters: 2
Part of speech: noun
HSK level: HSK 7

Full definitions

hail
hailstone
CL:場|场[chang2],粒[li4]

Chinese explanation

从云中降落的冰块或冰球，常在雷暴天气中出现，直径通常几毫米到几厘米。冰雹会砸坏农作物、房屋和车辆，有时也会伤人。

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HSK 3

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Example sentences

In the afternoon, hail suddenly started falling, each stone as big as a marble, smashing all the flowers in the yard.

Farmers fear hail in spring the most, because newly sprouted seedlings get beaten to pieces and the whole year's harvest is lost.

The weather station issued an orange alert for hail, reminding citizens to stay indoors as much as possible and not to park their cars under trees.

When we were driving along that mountain road, hail pounded on the car windows with a clatter, and I was so scared that I quickly pulled over to the roadside.

That hail storm last summer lasted over twenty minutes, with the largest stones the size of eggs, and many house roofs were smashed with holes.

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