倒垃圾

dàolājī
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 to take out the trash
  2. 2 to dump the garbage

Examples

Chūmén qián jìde dào lājī.
Remember to take out the trash before you leave.
Shànghǎi shíxíng lājī fēnlèi hòu, dào lājī biàn de hěn jiǎngjiu.
After Shanghai implemented trash sorting, taking out the garbage became quite an ordeal.

Tips

culture
Since 2019, Shanghai's mandatory 垃圾分类 (lājī fēnlèi, trash sorting) split rubbish into four bins — 湿垃圾/垃圾/可回收/有害垃圾 (wet, dry, recyclable, hazardous). The policy spread to many other cities and changed what 倒垃圾 involves daily.

Stroke Order

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