Sentence Pyramids

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tǎo价还价

bargain back and forth

跟服务员tǎo价还价

bargain back and forth with the clerk

小文和美丽跟服务员tǎo价还价了。

Xiaowen and Meili bargained back and forth with the clerk.

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裙子

skirt

颜色不同的裙子

different colored skirt

式样相同,颜色不同的裙子

skirts of identical styles and different colors

她买了两条式样相同,颜色不同的裙子。

She bought two skirts of identical styles and different colors.

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手tào

gloves

一fù手tào

a pair (set) of gloves

一fù ěrzhào  ,和一fù手tào

a set of earmuffs and a pair of gloves

一条wéijīn,一fù ěrzhào  ,和一fù手tào

a scarf, a set of earmuffs, and a pair of gloves

一双黑pí鞋、一条wéijīn,一fù ěrzhào  ,和一fù手tào

a pair of black leather shoes, a scarf, a set of earmuffs, and a pair of gloves

美丽买了一双黑pí鞋、一条wéijīn,一fù ěrzhào  ,和一fù手tào。

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没买

didn’t buy

什么都没买

didn’t buy anything

大为什么都没买。

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回学校

return to school

坐出zū汽车回学校

take a taxi back to school

他们是坐出zū汽车回学校的。

They took a taxi back to school. (provided as a detail of a completed event)

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打折

give a discount

打八折

20% off

买两条就打八折。

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一百五十二

one hundred fifty-two dollars

一条一百五十二

one is one hundred fifty-two dollars

现在一条一百五十二

right now one is one hundred fifty-two dollars

本来一条一百九十块,现在一条一百五十二。

Originally one cost one hundred ninety dollars, right now one is one hundred fifty-two dollars.

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打折

give a discount

打几折?

How much is the discount?

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打折

give a discount

打六折

40% off

都打六折

all 40% off

今天都打六折了

today all are 40% off

袜子,今天都打六折了

socks today are all 40% off

运动鞋和袜子,今天都打六折了。

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shop, buy

来你这儿买

come to your place to shop

再来你这儿买

come to your store again to shop

下次我们再来你这儿买。

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太贵了

too expensive

真的太贵了

really too expensive

价钱真的太贵了。

The price is really too expensive.

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便宜

cheap

便宜一点

a little cheaper

算便宜一点

calculate it a little cheaper

算便宜一点吧

why don’t you calculate it a little cheaper

买两条算便宜一点吧。

If we buy two why don’t you sell it a little cheaper.

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tǎo价还价

bargain over the price

会tǎo价还价

can bargain over the price

真会tǎo价还价

really knows how to bargain over the price

这位小姐真会tǎo价还价。

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别人

other people

告诉别人

tell other people

别告诉别人。

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买ěrzhào

buy earmuffs

想买ěrzhào

want to buy earmuffs

我早就想买ěrzhào了。

I have long wanted to buy earmuffs.

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感觉

feeling

有感觉

have feeling

没有感觉了

not have feeling, be numb

ěrduo都没有感觉了

ears don’t have any feeling

我冷得ěrduo都没有感觉了。

I am so cold that my ears have no feeling (are numb).

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戴 ěrzhào

wear earmuffs

得戴ěrzhào

must wear earmuffs

非得戴ěrzhào不可

must wear earmuffs

冬天这么冷,非得戴ěrzhào不可

the winter is so cold you must wear earmuffs

北京的冬天这么冷,非得戴ěrzhào不可。

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合适

suitable

颜色也合适

the color is also right

不但暖和,而且颜色也合适

not only warm, but also the color is also right

这fù ěrzhào,不但暖和,而且颜色也合适 。

This set of earmuffs, not only are they warm but the color is also right.

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很pèi

match

跟你的大衣很pèi

matches your overcoat

跟你那件咖啡色的大衣很pèi

matches that brown overcoat of yours

这fù ěrzhào跟你那件咖啡色的大衣很pèi。

These earmuffs match that brown overcoat of yours.

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手tào 和wéijīn

gloves and scarf

一样颜色的手tào 和wéijīn

the same color gloves and scarf

跟这fù ěrzhào一样颜色的手tào 和wéijīn

the same color gloves and scarf as this pair of earmuffs

我们有跟这fù ěrzhào一样颜色的手tào 和wéijīn。

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好不好?

okay?

给我ná过来,好不好?

give (it) to me, okay?

麻烦你给我ná过来,好不好?

Let me trouble you to give (it) to me, okay?

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可以

okay

二wéi码扫码都可以

scanning the QR code is okay

信用kǎ、二wéi码扫码都可以

credit card, scanning the QR code are both okay

现金kǎ、信用kǎ、二wéi码扫码都可以

debit card, credit card, scanning the QR code are all okay

现金、现金kǎ、信用kǎ、二wéi码扫码都可以。

Cash, debit card, credit card, scanning the QR code are all okay.

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Wēi信 Zhīfù

WeChat Pay

可以用Wēi信 Zhīfù吧?

Can I use WeChat pay?

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扫码

scan the code

在这儿扫码。

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发票

receipt

您要发票吗?

Do you want a receipt?

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玩手机

play with (your) cell phone

在玩手机

playing with (your) cell phone

又在玩手机

playing with (your) phone again

你是不是又在玩手机?

Are you on your cell phone again?

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làng费时间

waste time

不要làng费时间。

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不是旧的

not old

但不是旧的

but (they) are not old

看起来旧,但不是旧的

(they) look old but (they) are not old

我的裤子看起来旧,但不是旧的。

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不是大jiǎn价,就是不要钱

if it wasn’t a big sale, then it’s that they didn’t want money (it was free)

买了这么多东西,不是大jiǎn价,就是不要钱。

(They) bought so many things, either it was a big sale or it was free.

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一qiān块

one thousand dollars

一qiān多块

more than one thousand dollars

花了一qiān多块

spent more than one thousand dollars

一共花了一qiān多块

altogether spent more than one thousand dollars

他们两个一共花了一qiān多块。

The two of them together spent more than one thousand dollars

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没买

didn’t buy

一双袜子都没买

didn’t buy one pair of socks

连一双袜子都没买

didn’t even buy one pair of socks

大为连一双袜子都没买。

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ná回来

bring back

先ná回来

first bring back

把东西先ná回来

take the things back first

她们让我把东西先ná回来。

They made me bring the things back first.

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yuàn者上gōu

you knew what you were getting into.

真是yuàn者上gōu

really is a case of knowing what you were getting into

还péi女朋友guàng了一天商店, 真是yuàn者上gōu

still accompanied your girlfriend shopping for a whole day. You knew what you were getting into.

你不想去还péi女朋友guàng了一天商店, 真是yuàn者上gōu。

You didn’t want to go and still accompanied your girlfriend shopping for a whole day. You knew what you were getting into.

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外卖

food delivery

手机ná出来叫外卖吧!

take out your phone and order some food for delivery!