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wǒmen
we; us
wàiguó rén
foreigner
shì-fǒu
whether
lǐ-jiě
understand
kě-néng
maybe; possiblity
wú-fǎ
unable
yí-yàng
same
yīn-wèi
because
wén-xué
literature
xīn-lǐ
psychology, mentality
bù-jǐn
not only
qí-tā
other
zuò-pǐn
work; composition
also
word, vocabulary
rú-guǒ
if
all; even
tīng-shuō
It's heard that
zhèng-cháng
normal
céng-jīng
once
yí-ge
one of (something)
měi-guó
the US
朋友
friend
gào su
to tell
yì-sī
meaning; interest; fun
shìde
yes; that's right
chū lái
to come out
shí-jì-shàng
actually, in fact
méiyǒu
hasn't; haven't
dá-dào
achieve
zhèlǐ
here
lǐ-miàn
inside
hái-yǒu
still; in addition
hěn-dūo
a lot of
lìng-wài
other; in addition
wén-huà
culture
wèn-tí
a question; a problem
Xiāng-gǎng
Hong Kong
call; ask; let
jié-mù
program, show
fēi-cháng
very; extremely
chū-sè
outstanding
father
dàn-shì
but; however
guān-zhòng
audience
jué-de
to think; to feel
nàme...
in that case...;such, so
guò-lái
come over
…… xiānsheng
Mr…
huān-yíng
welcome
this
tǐ-yù
sports; P.E.
lèi
category, type
duō-shǎo
how many; how much
yǔ-yán
language
more; to change
róng-yì
easy; likely
guó-jiā
a country
huí-dào
return to
kāi-shǐ
to start; a start
diànyǐng
movie
zhōng-guó
China
dì...
...th; ...nd; ...rd (prefix indicating ordinal number)
zhè-ge
this one
zhèxiē
these
xiāng-dāng
quite; match
bù-cuò
good; pretty good; quite nice
yǐ-shàng
above
yī-diǎn
a little
zhíyǒu
only; only have
hundred
zuì-hòu
lastly
yí-xià
a bit
xià-zhōu
next week
fěn sī
fans, follower
yīng-gāi
should
zhè-shì
this is; these are

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