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


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