soaking wet; dripping wet
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesadjective
soaking wet; dripping with water
A stative predicate (状态词) describing objects or people thoroughly soaked to the point of water dripping. Requires the particle 的 when used attributively before nouns. The variant pronunciation shīliūliū is common in spoken language.
Quán全
shēn身
bèi被
yǔ雨
jiāo浇
de得
shī湿
lín淋
lín淋
de的
。
My whole body was soaked dripping wet by the rain.
Tā他
gāng刚
cóng从
yóu游
yǒng泳
chí池
chū出
lái来
，
tóu头
fa发
shī湿
lín淋
lín淋
de的
。
He had just come out of the swimming pool, his hair dripping wet.
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Shī湿
lín淋
lín淋
de的
yī衣
fu服
tiē贴
zài在
shēn身
shàng上
hěn很
nán难
shòu受
。
Wet clothes clinging to your body feel very uncomfortable.
Xiǎo小
gǒu狗
lín淋
le了
yǔ雨
，
shī湿
lín淋
lín淋
de地
pǎo跑
huí回
jiā家
。
The puppy got caught in the rain and ran home soaking wet.