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错过的火车
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错过的火车

cuò guò de huǒ chē

The train they missed

Reading time
5 min
Total words
352
Unique words
192
Avg frequency
#409

Story

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Comprehension drill

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Quick multiple choice on the story. Same questions appear as open-ended prompts on the printable worksheet.

小美早上先做了什么?

What does Xiao Mei do first in the morning?

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79-word session

A quick mix of exercises - recognise, recall, type and build each word. Miss one and it comes back round until it sticks.

Words in this story

Curriculum
79 words
#Word
6zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
19shuōto say, to speak
21to go
24yàoto want; will; need to
29xiǎngto think; to want; to miss
30rénperson, people
33láito come
36没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation)
39ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative)
40gěito give; for (beneficiary marker)
43neand what about...? (question particle)
45dàoto arrive; to (destination); result complement
46háistill, yet; also; even more
56zǒuto walk; to leave, to go
61这样zhè yànglike this, this way, such
63kànto look, to watch, to read, to see
68guòexperiential aspect marker; to pass
78已经yǐ jīngalready
93kuàifast, quick; soon; sharp
95觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective)
99inside, in, within
101时候shí hòutime, moment, period
102东西dōng xīthing, object, stuff
103děngto wait, to wait for
105duōmany, much, more
108一起yì qǐtogether, with each other
115一下yí xiàa moment, once, briefly
123还是hái shìor, still, had better
133zhēnreally, truly, genuine
135然后rán hòuthen, after that, afterwards
143今天jīn tiāntoday
144to take, to hold, to grab
147事情shì qíngmatter, affair, thing
168tàitoo, excessively
171时间shí jiāntime (duration/point)
177to hit, to beat, to make a call
180qiánmoney
188一点yì diǎna little, a bit
190那里nà lǐthere, over there, that place
206一些yì xiēsome, a few
229生活shēng huólife, to live, livelihood
236可是kě shìbut, however, yet
260xiānfirst, in advance, earlier
269最后zuì hòulast, finally, in the end
274正在zhèng zàicurrently, right now, in the process of
277高兴gāo xìnghappy, glad, pleased
289chūto exit, to come out, to produce
295电话diàn huàtelephone, phone call
311mǎito buy, to purchase
339见到jiàn dàoto meet, to see, to encounter