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english: He cleaved an apple with a knife.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他用一把刀子将苹果切开。
pinyin: tā yòng yī bǎ dāo zi jiàng píng guǒ qiè kāi。
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english: He closed his speech with a funny joke.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他用一则有趣的笑话结束了演讲。
pinyin: tā yòng yī zé yǒu qù de xiào huà jié shù le yǎn jiǎng。
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english: He combines creative imagination and true scholarship.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他同时具有创造性想象力和真正的治学谨严学风。
pinyin: tā tóng shí jù yǒu chuàng zào xìng xiǎng xiàng lì huò zhēn zhèng de zhì xué jǐn yán xué fēng。
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english: He constantly writes articles for the local paper.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他经常给当地报纸写文章。
pinyin: tā jīng cháng jǐ dāng dì bào zhǐ xiě wén zhāng。
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english: He couldn't talk a word of Chinese.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他一句中文都不会说。
pinyin: tā yī jù Zhōng wén dōu bù huì shuō。
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english: He cut himself/his face shaving
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他刮胡须时割破了脸.
pinyin: tā guā hú xū shí gē pò le liǎn。
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english: He decided to dwell on our island.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他决定到我们的岛上居住。
pinyin: tā jué dìng dào wǒ men de dǎo shàng jū zhù。
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english: He deprecates changing the party's policy.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他不赞成改变党的方针。
pinyin: tā bù zàn chéng gǎi biàn dǎng de fāng zhēn。
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english: He deserves to be punished with the full rigor of the law.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他应该受到法律最严厉的惩罚。
pinyin: tā yīng gāi shòu dào fǎ lu:4 zuì yán lì de chéng fá。
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english: He determined to view the rooms behind the office.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他决心去看看办公室后边的那些房间。
pinyin: tā jué xīn qù kàn kan bàn gōng shì hòu biān de nà xiē fáng jiān。
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english: He devises a new type of transistor.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他发明了一种新的晶体管。
pinyin: tā fā míng le yī zhòng xīn de jīng tǐ guǎn。
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english: He did a two-year stint in the army when he left school.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他离开学校后服了两年兵役。
pinyin: tā lí kāi xué xiào hòu fú le liǎng nián bīng yì。
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english: He did his back in lifting heavy furniture.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他在抬沉重的家具时扭伤了腰。
pinyin: tā zài tái chén zhòng de jiā jù shí niǔ shāng le yāo。
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english: He didn't answer, but just continued to nibble at his food.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他没有回答,只是继续一点一点地吃东西。
pinyin: tā méi yǒu huí dá, zhǐ shì jì xù yī diǎn yī diǎn de jí dōng xi。
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english: He didn't do any preparation for this exam, so he failed.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他考试前没做任何准备,所以不及格。
pinyin: tā kǎo shì qián mò zuò rèn hé zhǔn bèi, suǒ yǐ bù jí gé。
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english: He didn't wake up until 11 o'clock in the morning.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他上午十一点才醒。
pinyin: tā shàng wǔ shí yī diǎn cái xǐng。
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english: He directed the building of the new bridge.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他主持修建这座桥的建筑工程。
pinyin: tā zhǔ chí xiū jiàn zhè zuò qiáo de jiàn zhù gōng chéng。
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english: He dismissed the unpleasant subject and talked about something else.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他不谈论这个令人不愉快的话题,而去谈论别的事情。
pinyin: tā bù tán lùn zhè gè lìng rén bù yú kuài de huà tí, ér qù tán lùn bié de shì qing。
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english: He disobeyed his mother and went to the party.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他不听母亲的劝告,参加了那次聚会。
pinyin: tā bù tìng mǔ qīn de quàn gào, cān jiā le nà cì jù huì。
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english: He does well in physics.
hsk: 1
mandarin: 他的物理学得很好。
pinyin: tā de wù lǐ xué de hěn hào。
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