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ID: 2941 Upper Intermediate
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
一口气 yīkǒuqì in one go
过瘾 guòyǐn addictive; really fun
意外 yìwài accident; unexpectedly
继承 jìchéng descendant
你昨天看了没
nǐ 你zuótiān 昨天kàn 看le 了méi 没
Did you watch yesterday?
看了看了自从你介绍之后我昨天晚上一口气看了十集过瘾
kàn 看le 了kàn 看le 了zìcóng 自从nǐ 你jièshào 介绍zhīhòu 之后wǒ 我zuótiān wǎnshang 昨天晚上yīkǒuqì 一口气kàn 看le 了shí 十jí 集guòyǐn 过瘾
Yeah, I watched, after you introduced it to me yesterday evening I watched ten episodes in one go, it's so addictive.
你看到金恩在出车祸那里没有看到他被自己最爱的女人撞到我都哭了
nǐ 你kàndào 看到Jīn Ēnzài 金恩在chū chēhuò 出车祸nàlǐ 那里méiyǒu 没有kàndào 看到tā 他bèi 被zìjǐ 自己zuìài 最爱de 的nǚrén 女人zhuàngdào 撞到wǒ 我dōu 都kū 哭le 了
Have you seen up to the part where Kim Un-jae gets into car crash? Seeing him get run over by the girl he most loved made me cry.
我也看到那边了吓了一大跳太意外了
wǒ 我yě 也kàndào 看到nàbiān 那边le 了xià 吓le 了yī 一dà 大tiào 跳tài 太yìwài 意外le 了
I saw to that part too, I was shocked, it's so unexpected.
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