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开学 |
school begins |
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就要开学了 |
school begins |
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后天就要开学了 |
school begins the day after tomorrow |
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学校后天就要开学了。 |
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很忙 |
very busy |
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学生们都很忙 |
the students are very busy |
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这几天学生们都很忙。 |
These past few days the students have been very busy. |
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xuǎn课 |
select classes |
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忙zhe xuǎn课 |
busy selecting classes |
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学生忙zhe xuǎn课 。 |
students are busy selecting classes |
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有的学生忙zhe xuǎn课，有的忙zhe买课本。 |
Some students are busy selecting classes, some are busy buying textbooks. |
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回来 |
return |
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刚回来 |
just returned |
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刚从美国回来 |
just returned from the United States |
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前天刚从美国回来 |
just returned from the United States the day before yesterday |
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大为前天刚从美国回来。 |
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说中文 |
speak Chinese |
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没说中文 |
didn’t speak Chinese |
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三个月没说中文 |
didn’t speak Chinese for three months |
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有三个月没说中文 |
have not spoken Chinese for three months. |
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他有三个月没说中文。 |
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不会说 |
not able to speak |
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不会说了 |
not able to speak anymore |
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三个月没说中文就不会说了。 |
haven’t spoken Chinese for three months and can’t speak (it) anymore |
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他三个月没说中文就不会说了。 |
He hasn’t spoken Chinese for three months and he can’t speak it anymore. |
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很bèn |
very stupid |
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自己很bèn |
self is very stupid |
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他觉得自己很bèn |
He thinks that he himself is stupid. |
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他的中文就会好。 |
His Chinese will be okay. |
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他的中文就会好了。 |
His Chinese will be okay again. |
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过几天 ，他的中文就会好了。 |
After a few days, his Chinese will be okay again. |
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开门 |
open for business |
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开门不开门 |
open or not |
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书店现在开门不开门 |
bookstore now open or not |
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学校的书店现在开门不开门 |
the school’s bookstore open or not |
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他问我学校的书店现在开门不开门。 |
He asked me if the school’s bookstore is open or not. |
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Zuì后他问我学校的书店现在开门不开门。 |
Finally, he asked me if the school’s bookstore is open or not. |
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去学校的书店买书 |
go to the school’s bookstore to buy books |
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我陪大为去学校的书店买书了。 |
I accompanied Dawei to the school’s bookstore to buy books. |
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几门课？ |
how many classes? |
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你xuǎn了几门课？ |
How many classes did you select? |
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这个学期你xuǎn了几门课？ |
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héshì |
appropriate |
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时间不héshì |
the time is not appropriate/convenient |
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挣点钱 |
earn a little money |
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想多挣点钱 |
want to earn a little more money |
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我只是想多挣点钱. |
I only want to earn a little more money. |
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yán |
strict |
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bǐjiào yán |
relatively strict |
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老师bǐjiào yán。 |
The teacher is relatively strict. |
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只是老师bǐjiào yán。 |
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有兴qu |
be interested in |
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对中国文huà有兴qu |
be interested in Chinese culture |
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我一直对中国文huà有兴qu. |
I have continuously been interested in Chinese culture. |
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xuǎn这门课 |
take that class |
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想xuǎn这门课 |
wanted to take that class |
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我早就想xuǎn这门课了. |
I have long wanted to take that class. |
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帮zhù |
helpful |
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很有帮zhù |
very helpful |
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对以后找工作也很有帮zhù |
very helpful in looking for work later |
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学习一些中国文huà对以后找工作也很有帮zhù. |
Studying a little Chinese culture is very helpful in looking for work later. |
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关系 |
connection |
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没关系 |
it doesn’t matter |
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有一点yán, 没关系 |
Being a little strict doesn’t matter |
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老师有一点yán, 没关系。 |
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高tú |
strong students (high disciples) |
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chū高tú |
produce strong students |
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Yán师chū高tú. |
Strict teachers produce strong students. |
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很用功 |
very hardworking |
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很cōng明，也很用功 |
very smart and also very hardworking |
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你很cōng明，也很用功。 |
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没问tí |
not a problem |
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难一点没问题。 |
It’s no problem if it is a little difficult. |