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等了三年
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等了三年

děng le sān nián

Three years of waiting

Reading time
5 min
Total words
306
Unique words
180
Avg frequency
#349

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Words in this story

Curriculum
80 words
# Freq Word
118知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)
219shuōto say, to speak
320dōuall, both, already
424yàoto want; will; need to
530rénperson, people
633láito come
735duìcorrect, right; toward; pair
836没有méi yǒudo not have; have not; not (past negation)
956zǒuto walk; to leave, to go
1057shàngup, above, on; to go up; to attend
1162general measure word for people and things
1263kànto look, to watch, to read, to see
1365自己zì jǐoneself, self
1470告诉gào sùto tell, to inform
1583谢谢xiè xièthank you
1687但是dàn shìbut, however (formal)
1792jiàoto be called; to call out; to order
1895觉得jué deto feel, to think, to find (subjective)
1996biédo not (imperative); other
2097tīngto listen, to hear

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