Sentence Composition
| 1 | 湯姆 | Tāngmǔ | Tom (name) |
| 2 | 三十 | sānshí |
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| 3 | 歲 | suì |
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| =4 | 的 | de |
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| =4 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =4 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =4 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 5 | 時候 | shíhou |
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| =6 | 才 | cái |
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| =6 | 才 | cái |
| 7 | 開始 | kāishǐ |
classifier: 個 |
| 8 | 學 | xué |
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| =9 | 法語 | Fǎyǔ | French (language) |
| =9 | 法語 | fǎyǔ |
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