飞人 (fēi rén) — (noun, figurative) a very fast runner or athlete, especially a world-class track champion; (noun) an aerialist or trapeze artist in circus acrobatics
Definition
A "Flying Man" is either a track champion hailed for blazing speed (esp. 110m hurdles / sprinting) or a circus aerialist. Athletes call themselves 飞人 (like 跨栏飞人 Liu Xiang); in the circus it refers to trapeze artists.
noun
(noun, figurative) a very fast runner or athleteespecially a world-class track championan aerialist or trapeze artist in circus acrobatics
Measure word · 个
Examples
- 飞人。Liú xiáng shì zhōng guó de fēi rén.Liu Xiang is China's Flying Man.
- ，飞人。Zhè chǎng biǎo yǎn zhōng, fēi rén men zuò le hěn duō gāo nán dù de dòng zuò.In this performance, the aerialists performed many highly difficult moves.
- ，飞人。Tā pǎo dé fēi cháng kuài, dà jiā dōu jiào tā fēi rén.He runs extremely fast, everyone calls him the Flying Man.
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