dress; ladies' dress
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
a dress (women's garment)
A loanword from Russian 'платье' (plat'ye), meaning 'dress'. It was commonly used in China, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, and may have a nostalgic or retro connotation.
Mā妈
ma妈
nián年
qīng轻
de的
shí时
hou候
，
cháng常
chuān穿
piào漂
liang亮
de的
bù布
lā拉
jí吉
。
When she was young, my mother often wore pretty dresses.
Zhè这
jiàn件
jiù旧
zhào照
piàn片
lǐ里
de的
bù布
lā拉
jí吉
hěn很
yǒu有
nián年
dài代
gǎn感
。
The dress in this old photo has a strong sense of its era.
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“
bù布
lā拉
jí吉
”
shì是
é俄
yǔ语
cí词
“
plat'yeп
deл
yīnа
yìт
ь
е
”
的
音
译
。
'Bulaji' is a transliteration of the Russian word 'платье'.