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zǎo-shàng
morning
wǒ qù
(slang) damn!
xī-wàng
hope
再
again (future action)
cì
... time(s)
kě-néng
maybe; possiblity
dì...
...th; ...nd; ...rd (prefix indicating ordinal number)
dì-yī
first
yíbù diànyǐng
a film
diàn-yǐng-yuàn
cinema
很
very
gù-shi
story
shì-qíng
matter
都
all; even
又
again (past action)
yícì
once
shén-me?
what?
但
but; however
fā-xiàn
to discover
dì-èr
second (ordinal number)
zhī-qián
before
rèn-hé
any
xìn-xī
information
zhī-dào
to know
zhè-shì
this is; these are
zuò-pǐn
work; composition
hái-shì
still, nevertheless
……de-shí-hou
when ... (in statements)
那
that
zhè cì
this time
zhème
so (adv); in this way
bú shì
no; not
yīn-wèi
because
ér-shì
but
tài hǎo le!
awesome!; yay!
guó-nèi
domestic
bǐ-rú
for example
...déngděng
...etc;...and so on
bù shūfu
not well
tàidūo
too much; too many
yí-ge
one of (something)
zhōng-guó
China
chú-le
except; besides
京
abbr. for Beijing
hái-yǒu
still; in addition
lǎo-shī
teacher
měi-ge
every one
fēi-cháng
very; extremely
xíng-xiàng
image, figure; vivid
zhèlǐ
here
tā-men
they; them
fāng-shì
method; style
tōng-guò
via, through; pass
背
back; to carry on the back
shì-jiè
world
也
also
zhèng-shì
exactly
yī-diǎn
a little
suó-yǐ
so; therefore
zhè-ge
this one
yí-yàng
same
zhèxiē
these
wèi-le
for...
qǐ-lái
to get up
gòng-tóng
common; together
wán-chéng
finish
yī-zhǒng
a type of
suó-yǒu
all
rén-wù
figure; character
zì-jǐ
oneself
最
the most
yí-xià
a bit
xiàn-shí
reality
méiyǒu rén
no one
kē-xué
science
yì-qǐ
together
ránhòu
then; after
zhǎo
to look for
yìzhāng...
measure word for flat objects
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