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都变了
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都变了

dōu biàn le

Everything has changed

Reading time
5 min
Total words
310
Unique words
166
Avg frequency
#532

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.

美玲为什么觉得这条街很不一样?

Why does Mei Ling feel this street is so different?

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50-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
50 words
#Word
19shuōto say, to speak
30rénperson, people
33láito come
47现在xiàn zàinow, at present
56zǒuto walk; to leave, to go
60这里zhè lǐhere, this place
101时候shí hòutime, moment, period
113孩子hái zichild, children
127一样yí yàngsame, alike, equally
138地方dì fāngplace, location, area
149所有suǒ yǒuall, every, all of
164明白míng báito understand, clear, obvious
169离开lí kāito leave, to depart from
170一切yí qièeverything, all, every
217很多hěn duōa lot, many, much
220xiǎosmall, little, young
223感觉gǎn juéfeeling, sense, to feel
229生活shēng huólife, to live, livelihood
246jiànto see, to meet, to encounter
251xīnnew, fresh, recently
268有点yǒu diǎna little, somewhat, slightly
277高兴gāo xìnghappy, glad, pleased
307以前yǐ qiánbefore, previously, in the past
326看见kàn jiànto see, to catch sight of, to notice
378房子fáng zihouse, building, dwelling
400人们rén menpeople (collective), the people
405kāito open; to start, to turn on
437改变gǎi biànto change, to alter, to transform
443lǎoold, aged; always (prefix)
445回到huí dàoto return to, to get back to
464xiàoto laugh, to smile
502样子yàng ziappearance, look, manner; style
524声音shēng yīnsound, voice, noise
602突然tū ránsuddenly, all of a sudden; sudden
685tíngto stop, to halt; to park
694年轻nián qīngyoung
786咖啡kā fēicoffee
789méndoor, gate
800diànshop / store
841记住jì zhùremember, commit to memory
1042biànto change, to become, to transform
1062味道wèi dàotaste, flavour, smell
1166jiēstreet
1181长大zhǎng dàto grow up
1247想起xiǎng qǐto recall, to think of, to remember
1387多年duō niánmany years
1390心里xīn lǐin one's heart, in the mind
1430难过nán guòsad, upset, to feel unwell
1709tiáo(measure word for long thin things), strip, item
1860变化biàn huàchange, variation; to change