Sentence Composition
| 1 | 史密斯 | Shǐmìsī | Smith (name) |
| =2 | 先生 | xiānsheng |
classifier: 位 |
| =2 | 先生 | xiānshēng |
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| 3 | 学 | xué |
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| =4 | 了 | le |
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| =4 | 了 | liǎo |
| =4 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =4 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| 5 | 中国 | Zhōngguó | China |
| =6 | 史 | Shǐ | surname Shi |
| =6 | 史 | shǐ |
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