約翰的母親看起來很年輕,別人不細看倒以為她是約翰的姐姐。
John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.
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Sentence Composition
| 1 | 約翰 | Yuēhàn |
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| =2 | 的 | de |
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| =2 | 的 | dī | a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì) |
| =2 | 的 | dí | really and truly |
| =2 | 的 | dì | (bound form) bull's-eye; target |
| 3 | 母親 | mǔqīn |
classifier: 個 |
| =4 | 看起來 | kànqǐlai | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be |
| =4 | 看起來 | kànqilai |
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| 5 | 很 | hěn |
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| 6 | 年輕 | niánqīng | young |
| =7 | 別人 | biéren | other people; others; other person |
| =7 | 別人 | biérén | others; other people |
| 8 | 不 | bù |
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| 9 | 細看 | xìkàn |
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| =10 | 倒 | dǎo |
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| =10 | 倒 | dào |
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| 11 | 以為 | yǐwéi | to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief) |
| 12 | 她 | tā | she |
| =13 | 是 | shì |
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| =13 | 是 | shì | variant of 是 shì |
| 14 | 約翰 | Yuēhàn |
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| 15 | 的姐 | dījiě | female taxi driver |
| 16 | 姐 | jiě | older sister |