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牌
signboard; mahjong tile
车
a vehicle
新
new
会
can; shall; able too; will; a meeting
qù nián
last year
示
to show; to reveal
来
to come
jí
namely; at once; now; reach
便
convenient; informal; easy, then
bèi
back
gǔ dōng
stakeholder
及
and; reach
数
number
出
to go out; to exit; to leave
克
gram (g)
hái-shì
still, nevertheless
zhèxiē
these
chēng
call; say; weigh; name
zhī-dào
to know
yīng-guó
the UK
shǐ yòng
use
wèi-le
for...
quán-miàn
comprehensive, overall
dài
replace; on behalf; generation, era
gǎi
change
石
stone
油
oil
yí-ge
one of (something)
zhòng-yào
important
长
long; strength
业
occupation; industry
xiàn-zài
now
转
to turn around
助
to help; to assist
等
to wait
门
door, gate; way, method; school; sect
bù-fèn
part
专
particular; expert
yóu-qí
especially
fēi-cháng
very; extremely
rán-ér
however
fā-xiàn
to discover
zhè-ge
this one
méiyǒu
hasn't; haven't; don't
看
to watch; to look
xì-tǒng
system
jù-tǐ
specific
yí-dìng
surely, definitely
手
hand
yǐjīng...le
have...already
哥
elder brother
měi-guó
the US
机
machine
bèi
was ...ed(passive marker)
yí-xià
a bit
zì-jǐ
oneself
jǐn
only
接
come close to; connect; catch; receive; meet; take over
jí
level, rank, grade, degree
离
leave, be away from
dǎo
move backward, turn upside down; pour, dump; on the contrary
dì...
...th; ...nd; ...rd (prefix indicating ordinal number)
dì-èr
second (ordinal number)
yáo yuǎn
far away
gēn-běn
fundamental; at all; radically
原
original; raw
把
to hold; to grasp; a handle
卡
card
shǒu
head, chief, first, prime
mù-biāo
target; goal
lì-liàng
strength, power
wú-fǎ
unable
交
hand over; intersect, meet; associate with; mutual; together
dàn-shì
but; however
xī-wàng
hope
只
only; measure word for small animals
yōng-yǒu
have, own
néng-gòu
can; to be able to
早
morning; early; long ago
日
sun; day
服
clothes
中
middle; centre
jí-tuán
group; corporation
理
logic; reason
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