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读 |
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| dòu | dou4 | |
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| comma, phrase marked by pause | |
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一些人通过阅读来放松。
yī xiē rén tōng guò yuè dú lái fàng sōng. Some people relax by reading. |
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到周二的时候，我就能读完这本书了。
dao4 zhou1 er4 de shi2 hou4, wo3 jiu4 neng2 du2 wan2 zhe4 ben3 shu1 liao3. I will have finished reading this book by Tuesday. |
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Mick等待约会的时候靠读杂志打发时间。
Mick deng3 dai4 yue1 hui4 de shi2 hou4 kao4 du2 za2 zhi4 da3 fa1 shi2 jian1. Mick killed time by reading a magazine while waiting for his date. |
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从来没有见过有谁能仅通过读书就能学会打篮球的，其实学习外语也是一样的道理。
cong2 lai2 mei2 you3 jian4 guo4 you3 shui2 neng2 jin3 tong1 guo4 du2 shu1 jiu4 neng2 xue2 hui4 da3 lan2 qiu2 de, qi2 shi2 xue2 xi2 wai4 yu3 ye3 shi4 yi1 yang4 de dao4 li3. I've never met anyone who was able to learn how to play basketball just by reading a book. The same holds true for learning foreign languages as well. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |
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