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井
a well
秀
refined; graceful
贝
shell
原
original; raw
全
all; entire; complete
红
red
都
all; both
bèi
passive marker
近
near; close to
zhèng-shì
formal; official
拉
to pull
也
also
水
water
bǐ sài
competition
中
middle; within
门
door; gate
雪
snow
ná
to take, to get
两
two (of something)
mǎn fēn
full mark
接
to connect
让
to let (someone do something); to make (someone do something)
wǒmen
we
yì-qǐ
together
láidào
come
dì...
prefix indicating ordinal number
dì yī
first
条
string; line
xuǎnzé
choose
ké-yǐ
can; could
zhǔn bèi
prepare
fēicháng
very; unusual
chōng-fèn
fully; sufficient
连
to link
目
eye
前
front; forward
最
the most
bù-jǐn
not only
rú-cǐ
so, in this way
kàn dào
see
入
to enter
chǔ-lǐ
handle, deal with
huò-dé
get, acquire
suì
years old
nǚ-zǐ
a girl
米
rice; meter (m)
jí
namely; at once; now; reach
yīng-gāi
should
位
measure word (for people, polite form)
gèngjiā
more
只
only; measure word for small animals
见
to see; to look
tuán
ball; group; united
转
to turn
kòng-zhì
control
角
angle; corner
垂
bend down
直
straight
jī-hū
almost
hǎo xiàng
like, as if
zhuàng-tài
status
suó-yǐ
so; therefore
很
very
小
small
dì sān
the third
化
chemical
难
difficult
空
empty
guān-yú
quality; mass
wán-chéng
finish
dànshì
but
méiyǒu
don't have; there isn't; there aren't
hǎode
okay
yígè
one of (something)
足
foot
后
back; behind
打
to hit
shēn-tǐ
body
环
ring; loop
shǒu
head, chief, first, prime
尝
to taste; to try
臂
arm
余
extra; remaining
piàoliang
beautiful; pretty
长
long
néng-gòu
can; to be able to
guò lái
come over
qīng-sōng
light; lightly
xīn-lǐ
psychology, mentality
平
flat; equal
铁
iron
包
to wrap; wrapper
dòngzuò
action
chū-sè
outstanding
wán-měi
perfect
gāo-dù
height
bǐ-jiào
comparatively
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