No. 2,865 in Chinese
排队
"排队" means "to line up" or "to queue."
In a sentence
在银行外面,人们整齐地排队等待进入。
Outside the bank, people are neatly lining up to enter.
In this sentence, 排队 (to line up) indicates the action of forming a queue by individuals in a systematic and orderly manner.
请在登机口排队等候,不要拥挤。
Please queue up at the boarding gate and avoid crowding.
Here, 排队 is used to instruct people to line up in preparation for an event or activity, promoting organization and order.
小张总是喜欢在购物节时排队购买特价商品。
Xiao Zhang always likes to line up to buy discounted goods during shopping festivals.
In this example, 排队 reflects the act of willingly joining a queue to achieve a specific goal, such as purchasing an item.
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