What HSK 3 is made of, in full. Practice and the exam are dealt from these lists and nothing else.
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跑步对身体很好。跑步對身體很好。
Running is good for you.
An action, or a whole sentence, as what the sentence is aboutexample
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你这样做不对。你這樣做不對。
It's wrong of you to do this.
An action, or a whole sentence, as what the sentence is aboutexample
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我把作业写完了。我把作業寫完了。
I've finished my homework.
Doing something to it: 把, then the verb and what came of itexample
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请把门关上。請把門關上。
Please shut the door.
Doing something to it: 把, then the verb and what came of itexample
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我把书放在桌子上了。我把書放在桌子上了。
I put the book on the table.
Putting it somewhere, or giving it to someone: 把 with 在, 到 or 给example
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我把照片发给你。我把照片發給你。
I'll send you the photos.
Putting it somewhere, or giving it to someone: 把 with 在, 到 or 给example
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我的蛋糕被弟弟吃了。
My cake got eaten by my little brother.
Having something done to it: 被example
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门被打开了。門被打開了。
The door's been opened.
Having something done to it: 被example
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今天比昨天更冷。
Today is even colder than yesterday.
Even more than: 比 with 更 or 还example
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弟弟比哥哥还高。弟弟比哥哥還高。
The younger brother is even taller than the older one.
Even more than: 比 with 更 or 还example
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我的手机跟你的一样。我的手機跟你的一樣。
My phone is the same as yours.
The same as, and just as: 跟…一样example
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妹妹跟妈妈一样漂亮。妹妹跟媽媽一樣漂亮。
My sister is as pretty as my mum.
The same as, and just as: 跟…一样example
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这儿的东西不比商店里便宜。這兒的東西不比商店裡便宜。
Things here are no cheaper than in the shops.
No more than: 不比example
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他比我早来了半个小时。他比我早來了半個小時。
He got here half an hour before me.
Doing it earlier, later, more or less than someone: 比 with 早, 晚, 多 or 少 before the verbexample
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我比你多买了两本书。我比你多買了兩本書。
I bought two more books than you.
Doing it earlier, later, more or less than someone: 比 with 早, 晚, 多 or 少 before the verbexample
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他笑着说：“没关系。”他笑著說：“沒關係。”
He smiled and said, "It doesn't matter."
Doing one thing while doing another: 着 after the first verbexample
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我们走着去吧。我們走著去吧。
Let's walk there.
Doing one thing while doing another: 着 after the first verbexample
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楼上搬来了一家人。樓上搬來了一家人。
A family has moved in upstairs.
Someone arriving or leaving: the place first, then the verb, then whoexample
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我们班走了两个学生。我們班走了兩個學生。
Two students have left our class.
Someone arriving or leaving: the place first, then the verb, then whoexample
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这个问题是可以解决的。這個問題是可以解決的。
This problem can be solved.
Saying firmly how you see it: 是…的example
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我是不会忘记你的。我是不會忘記你的。
I'll never forget you.
Saying firmly how you see it: 是…的example
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他说汉语说得很好。他說漢語說得很好。
He speaks Chinese very well.
The verb again, before 得 or a length of time: 说汉语说得很好example
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我昨天看电视看了三个小时。我昨天看電視看了三個小時。
I watched TV for three hours yesterday.
The verb again, before 得 or a length of time: 说汉语说得很好example
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这个字怎样写？這個字怎樣寫？
How do you write this character?
How to do something: 怎样 before the verbexample
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去火车站怎样走？去火車站怎樣走？
How do I get to the station?
How to do something: 怎样 before the verbexample
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你不是会说汉语吗？你不是會說漢語嗎？
Don't you speak Chinese?
Isn't it? 不是…吗, when you're sure it isexample
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这不是你的书吗？這不是你的書嗎？
Isn't this your book?
Isn't it? 不是…吗, when you're sure it isexample
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急什么，时间还早呢。急什麼，時間還早呢。
What's the rush? There's plenty of time.
Telling someone there's no need: a verb, then 什么example
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老王是我爸爸的同事。
Lao Wang works with my dad.
老 before a family name, for someone olderexample
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我姐姐是画家。我姐姐是畫家。
My sister is a painter.
Words that end in 家 and 员 for people, and 子 for thingsexample
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我哥哥是足球运动员。我哥哥是足球運動員。
My brother is a footballer.
Words that end in 家 and 员 for people, and 子 for thingsexample
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我是北方人，我妻子是南方人。
I'm from the north, and my wife is from the south.
North, south, east and west: 东, 南, 西, 北; and between, 中间example
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银行在超市和书店中间。銀行在超市和書店中間。
The bank is between the supermarket and the bookshop.
North, south, east and west: 东, 南, 西, 北; and between, 中间example
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咱们一起去吧。咱們一起去吧。
Let's go together.
We, you included: 咱们example
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别人都走了。別人都走了。
Everyone else has left.
Other people and other things: 别人, 别的, 其他example
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你还要别的吗？你還要別的嗎？
Would you like anything else?
Other people and other things: 别人, 别的, 其他example
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他什么都吃。他什麼都吃。
He'll eat anything.
Anyone, anything, anywhere: 谁, 什么 and 哪儿 with 都example
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这件事谁都知道。這件事誰都知道。
Everyone knows about this.
Anyone, anything, anywhere: 谁, 什么 and 哪儿 with 都example
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谁想去谁去。誰想去誰去。
Whoever wants to go can go.
Whoever, whatever: the same question word twiceexample
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你想吃什么就吃什么。你想吃什麼就吃什麼。
Eat whatever you like.
Whoever, whatever: the same question word twiceexample
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我好像忘了什么东西。我好像忘了什麼東西。
I think I've forgotten something.
Something, somewhere: 什么 and 哪儿 when they don't askexample
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周末咱们去哪儿玩玩吧。週末咱們去哪兒玩玩吧。
Let's go off somewhere this weekend.
Something, somewhere: 什么 and 哪儿 when they don't askexample
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我朋友小王明天来我家。我朋友小王明天來我家。
My friend Xiao Wang is coming over tomorrow.
Two ways of saying who, side by side: 我朋友小王, 我们两个example
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我们两个一起去吧。我們兩個一起去吧。
Let's go together, the two of us.
Two ways of saying who, side by side: 我朋友小王, 我们两个example
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桌子上那两本红色的书是我的。桌子上那兩本紅色的書是我的。
Those two red books on the table are mine.
Several words before a thing: whose, which, how many, then what kindexample
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我买了两张票和一双鞋。我買了兩張票和一雙鞋。
I bought two tickets and a pair of shoes.
More measure words: 张, 双, 把, 辆, 种, 节, 句, 段, 层, 封, 页, 头, 班example
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今天下午我有两节课。今天下午我有兩節課。
I have two classes this afternoon.
More measure words: 张, 双, 把, 辆, 种, 节, 句, 段, 层, 封, 页, 头, 班example
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苹果五块钱一斤。蘋果五塊錢一斤。
Apples are five yuan for half a kilo.
Kilos, metres and small money: 公斤, 斤, 米, 角, 毛example
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他身高一米八。
He's one metre eighty.
Kilos, metres and small money: 公斤, 斤, 米, 角, 毛example
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现在三点一刻。現在三點一刻。
It's a quarter past three.
A quarter of an hour: 刻example
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我吃了两碗米饭。我吃了兩碗米飯。
I had two bowls of rice.
What holds it, as the measure word: 一碗米饭example
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这本书我看了三遍。這本書我看了三遍。
I've read this book three times.
How many times, after the verb: 遍, 回, 口, 声example
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你尝一口吧。你嘗一口吧。
Have a taste.
How many times, after the verb: 遍, 回, 口, 声example
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我们班的学生个个都很努力。我們班的學生個個都很努力。
Every student in our class works hard.
Every single one: the measure word twice, 个个, 张张example
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他的照片张张都很好看。他的照片張張都很好看。
Every one of his photos is lovely.
Every single one: the measure word twice, 个个, 张张example
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请一个一个进来。請一個一個進來。
Please come in one at a time.
One by one: 一个一个example
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一共多少钱？一共多少錢？
How much is that altogether?
In all: 一共example
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我们班大概有三十个学生。我們班大概有三十個學生。
There are about thirty students in our class.
About how many: 大概, or two numbers side by sideexample
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他每天睡七八个小时。他每天睡七八個小時。
He sleeps seven or eight hours a night.
About how many: 大概, or two numbers side by sideexample
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来中国以前，我不会说汉语。來中國以前，我不會說漢語。
Before I came to China, I couldn't speak Chinese.
Before and after something: 以前 and 以后, or 前 and 后example
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下课后我们去打篮球。下課後我們去打籃球。
After class we're going to play basketball.
Before and after something: 以前 and 以后, or 前 and 后example
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你应该多休息。你應該多休息。
You should rest more.
Should: 应该 and 该example
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十二点了，该睡觉了。十二點了，該睡覺了。
It's twelve. Time for bed.
Time to: 该…了example
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该你了。該你了。
It's your turn.
Time to: 该…了example
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明天我得六点起床。明天我得六點起床。
I have to get up at six tomorrow.
Have to, must: 得 and 必须example
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你必须多喝水。你必須多喝水。
You must drink plenty of water.
Have to, must: 得 and 必须example
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你不需要带钱。你不需要帶錢。
You don't need to bring any money.
Needing to and being willing to: 需要 and 愿意example
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我愿意帮你。我願意幫你。
I'm happy to help you.
Needing to and being willing to: 需要 and 愿意example
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我们见过一次面。我們見過一次面。
We've met once.
Verbs that come apart, with words between: 见面, 洗澡, 结婚, 离开, 完成example
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孩子离不开妈妈。孩子離不開媽媽。
A child can't do without its mother.
Verbs that come apart, with words between: 见面, 洗澡, 结婚, 离开, 完成example
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我找到手机了。我找到手機了。
I've found my phone.
What came of it: 到, 住, 走 and 上 after the verbexample
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请记住我的电话号码。請記住我的電話號碼。
Please remember my phone number.
What came of it: 到, 住, 走 and 上 after the verbexample
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他想出了一个好办法。他想出了一個好辦法。
He came up with a good idea.
Thought of, written down: 出, 起 and 下 after the verbexample
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请在这儿写下你的名字。請在這兒寫下你的名字。
Please write your name down here.
Thought of, written down: 出, 起 and 下 after the verbexample
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黑板上的字你看得见吗？黑板上的字你看得見嗎？
Can you see the writing on the board?
Can or can't manage it: 得 and 不 between the verb and its resultexample
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这么多菜，我吃不完。這麼多菜，我吃不完。
I can't eat all this food.
Can or can't manage it: 得 and 不 between the verb and its resultexample
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这里的菜好吃极了。這裡的菜好吃極了。
The food here is fantastic.
Very, extremely: 得很, 极了 and 坏了 after the wordexample
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我饿坏了。我餓壞了。
I'm starving.
Very, extremely: 得很, 极了 and 坏了 after the wordexample
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大家都笑起来了。大家都笑起來了。
Everyone started laughing.
Starting to: 起来 and 上 after the verbexample
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她爱上了这个城市。她愛上了這個城市。
She fell in love with the city.
Starting to: 起来 and 上 after the verbexample
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请说下去。請說下去。
Please go on.
Keeping on: 下去, and 下来 for what has lastedexample
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他坚持下来了。他堅持下來了。
He stuck with it.
Keeping on: 下去, and 下来 for what has lastedexample
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他们结婚十年了。他們結婚十秊了。
They've been married for ten years.
How long it's been: the verb, then the time, then 了example
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我来中国两年了。我來中國兩秊了。
I've been in China for two years.
How long it's been: the verb, then the time, then 了example
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今天挺冷的。
It's pretty cold today.
Quite, rather, a bit: 比较, 挺, 有些example
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这个问题比较难。這個問題比較難。
This question is fairly hard.
Quite, rather, a bit: 比较, 挺, 有些example
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我特别喜欢吃饺子。我特別喜歡吃餃子。
I really love dumplings.
Especially, extremely: 特别 and 极example
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天气越来越冷了。天氣越來越冷了。
It's getting colder and colder.
More and more: 越来越example
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雨越下越大。
The rain is getting heavier and heavier.
The more…, the more…: 越…越…example
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这本书我越看越喜欢。這本書我越看越喜歡。
The more I read this book, the more I like it.
The more…, the more…: 越…越…example
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我只有一百块钱。我只有一百塊錢。
I've only got a hundred yuan.
Only: 只, 只是, and 就example
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教室里就他一个人。教室裡就他一個人。
He's the only one in the classroom.
Only: 只, 只是, and 就example
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我们一块儿去吧。我們一塊兒去吧。
Let's go together.
Together, and everywhere: 一块儿 and 到处example
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公园里到处都是人。公園裡到處都是人。
The park is full of people.
Together, and everywhere: 一块儿 and 到处example
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我马上就来。我馬上就來。
I'll be right there.
Right away, in a moment, before long: 马上, 一会儿, 不一会儿example
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不一会儿，他就回来了。不一會兒，他就回來了。
Before long, he was back.
Right away, in a moment, before long: 马上, 一会儿, 不一会儿example
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我刚到家。我剛到家。
I've just got home.
Only just: 刚 and 刚刚example
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我一直在等你。
I've been waiting for you all this time.
All along, all the way: 一直example
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一直往前走。
Go straight on.
All along, all the way: 一直example
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他十点才起床。他十點才起床。
He didn't get up till ten.
Not until, and only: 才example
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他才五岁。他才五歲。
He's only five.
Not until, and only: 才example
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我才不怕呢！
I'm not scared at all!
Saying it firmly: 才…呢 and 就example
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我就要这个。我就要這個。
This is the one I want.
Saying it firmly: 才…呢 and 就example
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他总是迟到。他總是遲到。
He's always late.
Always and often: 总, 总是, 常常example
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我们常常一起吃饭。我們常常一起吃飯。
We often eat together.
Always and often: 总, 总是, 常常example
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他今天又迟到了。他今天又遲到了。
He was late again today.
Again, when it has already happened: 又, not 再example
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明天我一定来。明天我一定來。
I'll definitely come tomorrow.
Surely, probably, it seems: 一定, 大概, 好像example
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好像要下雨了。
It looks like rain.
Surely, probably, it seems: 一定, 大概, 好像example
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你看起来很累。你看起來很累。
You look tired.
It looks, it seems: 看起来, 看上去, 看来example
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看来他今天不来了。看來他今天不來了。
It looks like he isn't coming today.
It looks, it seems: 看起来, 看上去, 看来example
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作业我差不多写完了。作業我差不多寫完了。
I've nearly finished my homework.
Almost: 差不多 and 几乎example
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他几乎每天都去跑步。他幾乎每天都去跑步。
He goes running almost every day.
Almost: 差不多 and 几乎example
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当然可以。當然可以。
Of course.
Of course, and in fact: 当然 and 其实example
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他看起来很年轻，其实已经五十岁了。他看起來很年輕，其實已經五十歲了。
He looks young, but he's actually fifty.
Of course, and in fact: 当然 and 其实example
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我终于找到工作了。我終於找到工作了。
I've finally found a job.
At last: 终于example
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一般来说，北方的冬天很冷。一般來說，北方的冬天很冷。
In general, winters in the north are cold.
As a rule: 一般来说example
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你不用担心。你不用擔心。
You don't need to worry.
No need: 不用 and 不必example
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教室里一个人也没有。教室裡一個人也沒有。
There isn't a single person in the classroom.
Not a single one, not at all: 一…也不, 一点儿也不example
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我一点儿也不累。我一點兒也不累。
I'm not tired at all.
Not a single one, not at all: 一…也不, 一点儿也不example
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这里的天气不冷不热。這裡的天氣不冷不熱。
The weather here is just right, neither hot nor cold.
Just right, neither one nor the other: 不冷不热example
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这件衣服不大不小。這件衣服不大不小。
This fits just right.
Just right, neither one nor the other: 不冷不热example
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那个电影不怎么样。那個電影不怎麼樣。
That film wasn't up to much.
Not much good: 不怎么样example
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我真为你高兴。我真為你高興。
I'm really happy for you.
For someone, over something: 为example
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别为这件事生气了。別為這件事生氣了。
Don't get upset about this.
For someone, over something: 为example
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向前走两百米就到了。向前走兩百米就到了。
Go two hundred metres straight ahead and you're there.
Towards: 向, for a way to go or a personexample
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我们应该向他学习。我們應該向他學習。
We should learn from him.
Towards: 向, for a way to go or a personexample
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我想买一本关于中国历史的书。我想買一本關於中國歷史的書。
I'd like to buy a book about Chinese history.
About: 关于example
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老师根据学生的水平选课本。老師根據學生的水平選課本。
The teacher picks the textbooks to suit the students' level.
Going by something: 根据example
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除了茶，我也喜欢喝咖啡。除了茶，我也喜歡喝咖啡。
Besides tea, I like coffee too.
Besides, and except: 除了…以外example
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除了他以外，我们都去了。除了他以外，我們都去了。
We all went, except him.
Besides, and except: 除了…以外example
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从明天起，我每天早上跑步。從明天起，我每天早上跑步。
From tomorrow, I'm going running every morning.
From then on: 从…起example
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对我来说，汉字比较难。對我來說，漢字比較難。
For me, characters are quite hard.
For someone: 对…来说example
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在我看来，这个办法不错。在我看來，這個辦法不錯。
To my mind, it's a good way to do it.
In someone's view: 在…看来example
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他在学习上很努力。他在學習上很努力。
He works hard at his studies.
In a part of life, or with help: 在…上, 在…下, 在…中example
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在大家的帮助下，他的汉语提高得很快。在大家的幫助下，他的漢語提高得很快。
With everyone's help, his Chinese got better fast.
In a part of life, or with help: 在…上, 在…下, 在…中example
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我们先吃饭，再去看电影。我們先吃飯，再去看電影。
Let's eat first, then go and see a film.
First, then: 先…，再… or 然后example
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他先去了银行，然后去了超市。他先去了銀行，然後去了超市。
He went to the bank, then to the supermarket.
First, then: 先…，再… or 然后example
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你可以坐地铁或者打车。你可以坐地鐵或者打車。
You can take the underground or a taxi.
Or, when you aren't asking: 或者 and 或example
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或者你来，或者我去。或者你來，或者我去。
Either you come here, or I go there.
Or, when you aren't asking: 或者 and 或example
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这个苹果又大又甜。這個蘋果又大又甜。
This apple is big and sweet.
Both this and that: 又…又…example
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他一边吃饭，一边看电视。他一邊吃飯，一邊看電視。
He watches TV while he eats.
While: 一边…，一边…example
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今天一会儿晴，一会儿阴。今天一會兒晴，一會兒陰。
Today it's sunny one minute and cloudy the next.
One moment this, the next that: 一会儿…，一会儿…example
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她不但会唱歌，而且会跳舞。她不但會唱歌，而且會跳舞。
She can sing, and she can dance too.
Not only, but also: 不但…，而且…example
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我想去，可是没有时间。我想去，可是沒有時間。
I'd like to go, but I don't have time.
But: 可是 and 可example
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这件衣服很好看，可太贵了。這件衣服很好看，可太貴了。
It's lovely, but it's too expensive.
But: 可是 and 可example
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虽然下雨了，可是他还是来了。雖然下雨了，可是他還是來了。
It was raining, but he came anyway.
Although: 虽然…，可是…example
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如果明天下雨，我们就不去了。如果明天下雨，我們就不去了。
If it rains tomorrow, we won't go.
If: 如果…，就…, and …的话example
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你忙的话，我就自己去。你忙的話，我就自己去。
If you're busy, I'll go on my own.
If: 如果…，就…, and …的话example
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只有多练习，才能说好汉语。只有多練習，才能說好漢語。
You'll only speak Chinese well if you practise a lot.
Only if: 只有…，才…example
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只要你努力，就一定能学好。只要你努力，就一定能學好。
As long as you work at it, you'll get there.
As long as: 只要…，就…example
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为了学好汉语，他每天都看中文电视。為了學好漢語，他每天都看中文電視。
To get good at Chinese, he watches Chinese TV every day.
So as to, for the sake of: 为了example
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我下了班就回家。
I go home as soon as I finish work.
Once one thing is done: 了, then 就example
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吃了饭再走吧。吃了飯再走吧。
Have something to eat before you go.
Once one thing is done: 了, then 就example