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相当于xiāngdāngyú

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1. equivalent to

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相appearance 当to be 于to

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去qù美国Měiguó旅行lǚxíng一次yīcì相当于xiāngdāngyú她tā两liǎng年nián的de工资gōngzī。

A trip to America was equivalent to a two-year salary for her.

1美元měiyuán相当于xiāngdāngyú110日元rìyuán。

One dollar is equivalent to 110 yen.

过年guònián吃chī饺子jiǎozi的de习俗xísú和hé中国Zhōngguó古代gǔdài的de计时法jìshífǎ有关yǒuguān：中国Zhōngguó古代gǔdài把bǎ每měi一yī天分tiānfèn为wéi十二shí'èr个gè时段shíduàn，每天měitiān开始kāishǐ是shì子时zǐshí，相当于xiāngdāngyú晚上wǎnshang11点diǎn到dào凌晨língchén1点diǎn。

The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.