jin2 lin6演練演练
Jyutpingjin2 lin6
Yaleyín lihn
Definition
To conduct a drill, exercise, or public military demonstration.
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How it's used
Focuses on organized, large-scale training exercises that often serve a demonstration or rehearsal purpose. Unlike general practice, it implies a structured, often military or emergency-service context where participants perform in a coordinated manner. It carries a sense of public display or formal preparation for specific scenarios.
Examples
The firefighters are conducting a drill on the street, it looks very realistic.
Do you guys need to go back to school tomorrow to participate in the drill?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this for casual personal practice like playing an instrument or studying, where 練習 is the appropriate term. It is reserved for formal, collective, or operational drills.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
