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练

liàn
HSK 2

English Meaning

to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
但她一口咬定是练庭干的
HSK 2 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“Even though she could not see clearly, she refuses to back down from blaming him.”

1. PREVIOUS

彤彤什么都看不清

“Tong couldn't see anything clearly,”

“but she insisted it was Mr. Lian who did it.”

3. NEXT

警方调查后发现

“The police investigation found”

《开庭》 · legal_and_police
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你咋不练功呢 还在这儿洗菜呢 对啊
HSK 2 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“You should be on stage or rehearsing, why are you wasting your time doing menial chores?”

1. PREVIOUS

易青娥 易青娥

“Yi Qing'e! Yi Qing'e!”

“Why aren't you training? Why wash veg here? Yeah.”

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你知道吗 你上次在台上太歪(厉害)了

“You know what? You were amazing on stage last time.”

《主角》 · daily_life
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一天不练功 跑哪儿去了
HSK 2 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“You are slacking off and wasting time instead of training, and I am furious about it.”

1. PREVIOUS

但偶尔也会狠狠地把她扎疼

“But sometimes it still hurt her deeply.”

“Where did you go instead of practicing?”

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出去转了转

“Just went around.”

《主角》 · school_and_education
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