No. 5,372 in Chinese
代價
"代價" means "cost" or "price (paid for something)."
In a sentence
成功往往伴隨著巨大的代價。
Success often comes with great costs.
Here, '代價' refers to the effort or sacrifices required to achieve success.
為了保護環境，我們必須付出代價。
To protect the environment, we must pay a price.
The term '代價' here emphasizes the necessary actions or contributions to achieve environmental preservation.
這場戰爭的代價是無數的生命犧牲。
The cost of this war is countless lives lost.
In this usage, '代價' is used to denote the heavy loss and sacrifices caused by the war.
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