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根

gēn
HSK 4

English Meaning

root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
压根就没把 咱们中国人当人看
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他们

“They”

“don't treat us Chinese as human beings at all.”

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俺要留下 杀鬼子

“I want to stay and kill the Japs.”

《八千里路云和月》 · crisis_and_conflict
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王根发有时候跟小孩一样 容易招人烦
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“He acts so childishly sometimes that it drives everyone crazy, but that's just who he is.”

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我们这一家子

“our family.”

“My husband can be a bit much sometimes, like a big kid.”

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没有

“No.”

《灿如繁星》 · family_and_home
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可我压根就没有干 我连认识都不认识她
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他们说我把一个小姑娘 肚子给搞大了

“They said I got a young girl pregnant.”

“But I never did it. I didn't even know her.”

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但那孩子把我的事说得清清楚楚

“But that kid described everything about me clearly.”

《风过留痕》 · crisis_and_conflict
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