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how hé is phonetic component for jiē?
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I've learned 泡女, but does 泡男 exist?
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Can 杠杆 ("lever") be used for levers which operate mechanisms (e.g. "pull the lever, Kronk")?
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Slogan “澀得起，就係我”
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Arrange 叶子 / 落下来 / 一片片 / 从 / 树上 to form a sentence: is 一片片叶子从树上落下来 the only correct option?
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非切片精分，1V1，丧了吧唧强大攻 mean?
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Difference between 不 and 没(有) in the past tense
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What does 发达国家占7％，发展中国家占17％ in the textbook 规范教程HSK6上 refer to?
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What really is 红尘?
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放水's Mandarin counterpart
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开始和起来有什么不同？to start + verb
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