生日的惊喜
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生日的惊喜

shēng rì de jīng xǐ

The Birthday Surprise

Reading time
3 min
Total words
303
Unique words
154
Avg frequency
#207

Story

陈chén:。 ,。 :、、芳fāng,。

,陈chén。 :“。 。 ,:‘陈chén! ’”,。

,陈chén。 ,:“! ”,。 ,芳fāng。

,陈chén,:“! ? ”,,:“! ? ! ”

,。 :“。 。 ”

,:“陈chén! ”陈chén,:“! ? ! ”,。

,:“? ”:“。 ”

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85 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
1012什么shén mewhat
1114就jiùthen, just, exactly, as soon as
1216她tāshe, her
1318知道zhī dàoto know (a fact)
1419说shuōto say, to speak
1520都dōuall, both, already
1622很hěnvery, quite
1723啊aah, oh (exclamatory particle)
1825也yěalso, too, as well
1929想xiǎngto think; to want; to miss
2039让ràngto let, to allow; to make (causative)
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