Sentence Composition
| 1 | 孩子们 | háizimen | children |
| 2 | 在旁 | zàipáng |
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| =3 | 边 | biān |
classifier: 個 |
| =3 | 边 | bian | suffix of a noun of locality |
| =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 | 时候 | shíhou |
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| =6 | 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín) |
| =6 | 你 | nǐ | you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 7 | 不 | bù |
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| 8 | 应该 | yīnggāi | ought to; should; must |
| =9 | 说 | shuì | to persuade |
| =9 | 说 | shuō |
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| =9 | 说 | shuō | variant of 说 shuō |
| 10 | 那种 | nàzhǒng | that kind of |
| =11 | 事 | shì |
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| =11 | 事 | zì |