A nickname also can be a descriptive name for a person,place or thing.

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Or generalizing, what kind of thing is a person?

总的来说,什么才能称作人

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A person, a place or a thing that's related to something that you're talking about in the present moment.

你可以谈论与当前的情景相关的人物、地点或者事物。

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A nickname also can describe a person,place or thing.

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that's connected to a person, place or situation or even thing that you're making a comparison with.

它可以把你做比较的人物、地点或情况联系起来。

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When you're full of joy about a person, a situation, a place or a thing,

当你对一个人，一种情况，一个地点或者一个事情特别有好感的时候。

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There's this whole sense that the thing is precarious and you'd better kind of mind your Ps and Qs, or whatever the expression is, and be a good person or this whole thing could kind of be literally flooded away.

从这个场景中可以看出堤坝相当不稳定,你最好想想干过什么缺德事儿,或者捅过什么篓子之类的,总之得做个好人,否则,这整个城市就可能真会被大水冲走

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