Sentence Composition
| 1 | 科學家 | kēxuéjiā |
scientist classifier: 個 |
| 2 | 們 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 3 | 在 | zài |
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| =4 | 火星 | Huǒxīng | Mars (planet) |
| =4 | 火星 | huǒxīng | spark |
| =5 | 上 | shǎng | used in 上声 shǎngshēng |
| =5 | 上 | shàng |
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| 6 | 發現 | fāxiàn |
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| =7 | 了 | le |
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| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
| =7 | 了 | liǎo |
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| =7 | 了 | liào | unofficial variant of 瞭 liào |
| =8 | 水 | Shuǐ | surname Shui |
| =8 | 水 | shuǐ |