shoulder

jiān bǎng

j+iān·1st toneb+ǎng·3rd tone

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These pigeons do not fear people. They can land on people's shoulders.

这些鸽子不怕人，能落在人的肩膀上。

He tapped me on the shoulder.

他拍了拍我的肩膀。

He was wounded in the shoulder.

他伤了肩膀。

I don't think any of our heads would have come up to his shoulder, and I am sure that he could not have measured less than six and a half feet.

我们的脑袋都不及他的肩膀吧，他的身高肯定不矮于六呎半。

The cat jumped up on his shoulders.

这只猫跳上了他的肩膀。

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