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欠

qiàn
HSK 5

English Meaning

to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

Authentic Cinema Dialogue 3 CURATED EVIDENCE CLIPS
上辈子我欠他的
HSK 5 00:01
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💡 INTENT:

“I must owe him big time from a past life to put up with all this.”

1. PREVIOUS

烦死了

“Damn it!”

“I must have owed him in a previous life!”

3. NEXT

打麻将打麻将

“Playing mahjong!”

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怎么能打人 打人是不对的 晓得吧 欠钱不还他
HSK 5 00:02
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怎么了 有本事你打死我 你打死我呀 你们干什么

“Stop! Kill me if you dare! Stop it!”

“Stop fighting! Fighting is wrong. He owes us money.”

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什么乱七八糟的 欠钱不还

“What's going on? He owes us!”

《小城大事》 · crisis_and_conflict
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还是这副全世界 都欠他的死样子
HSK 5 00:02
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💡 INTENT:

“He never changes—always brooding around acting like everyone owes him a favor.”

1. PREVIOUS

来这边跟我取下药

“Come here to take the medicine with me.”

“He's always like this, as if everyone is in his debt.”

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上次那个获奖展 让我印象最深刻的

“At the last award exhibition, what impressed me the most”

《以家人之名》 · hospital_and_health
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