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English Definition Add a new word to the dictionary Simplified
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period (punctuation) / (fig.) endpoint / finish
a line of verse / a sentence
subject-predicate sentence / subject-predicate clause
sentence / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
example sentence
oft-quoted phrase; famous line
musical phrase
in a few words (idiom); expressed succinctly
in a word; in short
HSK 5
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
sentence / clause / phrase / classifier for phrases or lines of verse
HSK 2
declarative sentence
clause (grammar)
poetic form consisting of four lines of five syllables, with rhymes on first, second and fourth line
words / expressions / writing
weighing every word
sentence
(idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion
negative sentence
to speak one minute and be quiet the next
start of phrase or sentence
syntactic analysis
syntax
question (grammar) / interrogative sentence
defective sentence / error (of grammar or logic)
literal; word for word / word by word and phrase by phrase
haiku
full stop / period (punct.)
imperative sentence
incorrect break in reading Chinese, dividing text into clauses at wrong point
sentence pattern / sentence structure / syntax
discourse / group of sentences with clear meaning / narrative
simple sentence (grammar)
rhetorical question
pausing at the end of a phrase or sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / punctuation / periods and commas / sentences and phrases
punctuation of a sentence (in former times, before punctuation marks were used) / period 句號|句号 and comma 逗號|逗号 / sentences and phrases
pearl of wisdom; quotable quote
affirmative sentence
to polish a phrase
compound phrase
sentence-making
(say) a few words
clause (grammar)
to measure one's words
false affirmative
quotation
conditional clause
sentence pattern (in grammar)
clause
true affirmative (TA)
in other words
wh-question (linguistics)
one-word sentence
lit. lock the door and search for the right word (idiom); fig. the serious hard work of writing
to talk shop all the time (idiom)
(linguistics) inverted sentence
exclamation / exclamatory phrase
aphorism
pre-Han name of Liao River 遼河|辽河
verse / CL:
couplet
to pause at appropriate points in reading aloud unpunctuated writing / to punctuate
clause
to speak honestly (idiom)
Jurong, a county-level city in Zhenjiang City 鎮江市|镇江市, Jiangsu
imperative sentence
quatrain (poetic form)
to search for the right word (of poet)
number of sentences / number of lines (in verse etc)
words and sentences
Goguryeo (37 BC-668 AD), one of the Korean Three Kingdoms
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *句* | 句* | *句
variant of
true negative (TN)


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