Hello: could you give me an hand?
i'm trying to translate this sentence: 手上总有白来斤的力气。
I think that i can translate it with: his hands were very powerful..... but I would a translation more literal of "百来斤"。
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Hello: could you give me an hand?
i'm trying to translate this sentence: 手上总有百来斤的力气。
I think that i can translate it with: his hands were very powerful..... but I would a translation more literal of "百来斤"。
斤：500 grammi.
百来斤 significa "un centinaio di semi-chilogrammi"
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Hello: could you give me an hand?
i'm trying to translate this sentence: 手上总有白来斤的力气。
I think that i can translate it with: his hands were very powerful..... but I would a translation more literal of "百来斤"。
When 来 comes after a numeral or an amount, it means "about". So the translation is "a hundred pounds or so".
Thus the entire sentence translates (by meaning) to, "The hand will always have the strength to lift a hundred pounds or so."
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as strong as a bull
so sturdy that he /she can carry about dozens of pounds
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说时迟，那时快，老张抬手就是一掌，把母女两个打了个趔趄。老张在地质队，天天握探大石头，手上总有百来斤的力气.
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Can you post the complete paragraph? It's weird to translate such a sentence without knowing the background. So if you can provide the paragraph, it might be easier for others to help you.
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