去长城
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去长城

qù cháng chéng

Off to the Great Wall

Reading time
3 min
Total words
251
Unique words
125
Avg frequency
#1,299

Story

魏wèi浩hào轩xuān。 ,。 。 :“。 ”浩hào轩xuān:“,,! ”

。 。 。 浩hào轩xuān:“! 。 ,! ”

,。 ,。 ,。 浩hào轩xuān,:“。 。 ”

,。 浩hào轩xuān:“。 ”。 浩hào轩xuān:“! ! ”:“。 ! ”

浩hào轩xuān,。 :“。 ”浩hào轩xuān,:“! ”:“。 。 ”

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66 words
# Freq Word
11的deof, possessive and modifier particle
22我wǒI, me
34了leaspect particle marking completion or a change of state
45是shìto be (linking verb)
56在zàiat, in, on; to be located at; progressive marker
67他tāhe, him
78我们wǒ menwe, us
89不bùnot, no
911好hǎogood, well, OK
1013有yǒuto have, there is/are
1114就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as
1215吧basuggestion or softening particle (let's, shall we, I suppose)
1316她tāshe, her
1417这zhèthis
1519说shuōto say, to speak
1621去qùto go
1722很hěnvery, quite
1824要yàoto want; will; need to
1925也yěalso, too, as well
2026他们tā menthey, them (mixed or male group)
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