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念

niàn / niàn
HSK 3

English Meaning

(niàn) variant of 念, to read aloud | (niàn) to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
心里还是有种执念
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这么多年过去了

“All these years later,”

“that obsession is still in me,”

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要去找你

“telling me to go find you.”

《月鳞绮纪》 · social_and_dating
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老来了吃斋念佛
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本宫前半生杀戮太多

“In the first half of my life, I spilled too much blood.”

“Only in my later years, through prayer and penance,”

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才保住我唯一的女儿

“did I manage to preserve my only daughter!”

《逐玉》 · historical_and_court
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我就说我这两天老念叨他
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“See, I knew something was up with him because he's been on my mind non-stop.”

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还不是咱儿子嘛

“Who else but our son?”

“No wonder I've been thinking about him these past couple of days.”

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给他拨一视频

“Give him a video call.”

《年少有为》 · family_and_home
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