Chinese example sentences

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我以为你想等。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ xiǎng děng.

I thought you wanted to wait.
我以为你找到他们了。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ zhǎodào tāmen le.

I thought you found them.
我以为你是我的朋友。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ shì wǒ de péngyou.

I thought you were my friend.
我以为你是老师。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ shì lǎoshī.

I thought you were a teacher.
我以为你知道。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ zhīdào.

I thought you knew.
我以为你知道所以我就问问。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ zhīdào suǒyǐ wǒ jiù wèn wèn.

I asked because I thought you knew.
我以为你要7点半起床。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ yào qī diǎn bàn qǐchuáng.

I thought you had to get up by 7:30.
我以为你说了今天不上学了。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ shuōle jīntiān bú shàngxué le.

I thought you said you wouldn't be coming to school today.
我以为你退出了。

Wǒ yǐwéi nǐ tuìchūle.

I thought you quit.
我以为她是他的女朋友。

Wǒ yǐwéi tā shì tā de nǚpéngyou.

I assumed she was his girlfriend.
我以为我们能赢。

Wǒ yǐwéi wǒmen néng yíng.

I thought we could win.
我以为我掉了什么。

Wǒ yǐwéi wǒ diào le shénme.

I thought I'd dropped something.
我以为这是真的。

Wǒ yǐwéi zhè shì zhēnde.

I thought it was true.
我以前从未做过。

Wǒ yǐqián cóngwèi zuòguo.

I'd never done it before.
我以前从未见过这样的事情。

Wǒ yǐqián cóngwèi jiànguo zhèyàng de shìqing.

I've never seen anything like this before.
我以前从未见过这种情况。

Wǒ yǐqián cóngwèi jiànguo zhèzhǒng qíngkuàng.

I've never seen anything like this before.
我以前从来没有尝过中餐。

Wǒ yǐqián cónglái méiyǒu chángguo zhōngcān.

I've never eaten Chinese food before.
我以前住在泰国，但现住在俄罗斯。

Wǒ yǐqián zhù zài Tàiguó, dàn xiàn zhù zài Éluósī.

I used to live in Thailand, but now I live in Russia.
我以前住的地方离这里不远。

Wǒ yǐqián zhù de dìfang lí zhèlǐ bù yuǎn.

I used to live not too far from here.
我以前听过这笑话。

Wǒ yǐqián tīngguo zhè xiàohua.

I've heard this joke before.
我以前和他一起上学。

Wǒ yǐqián hé tā yìqǐ shàngxué.

I used to go to school with him.
我以前和他去过波士顿。

Wǒ yǐqián hé tā qùguo Bōshìdùn.

I once went to Boston with him.
我以前在山里。

Wǒ yǐqián zài shān lǐ.

I was in the mountains.
我以前在这条河里游泳。

Wǒ yǐqián zài zhè tiáo hé lǐ yóuyǒng.

I used to swim in this river.
我以前在这里没见过你。

Wǒ yǐqián zài zhèlǐ méi jiànguo nǐ.

I haven't seen you around here before.
我以前常说法语。

Wǒ yǐqián cháng shuō Fǎyǔ.

I used to speak French a lot.
我以前打网球。

Wǒ yǐqián dǎ wǎngqiú.

I used to play tennis.
我以前星期天常常和他去打网球。

Wǒ yǐqián xīngqītiān chángcháng hé tā qù dǎ wǎngqiú.

I often used to play tennis with him on Sundays.
我以前是医生。

Wǒ yǐqián shì yīshēng.

I was a doctor.
我以前有只大狗。

Wǒ yǐqián yǒu zhǐ dà gǒu.

I had a huge dog.
我以前来过很多次了。

Wǒ yǐqián láiguo hěn duōcì le.

I've been here many times before.
我以前每天在这里游泳。

Wǒ yǐqián měitiān zài zhèlǐ yóuyǒng.

I used to swim here every day.
我以前每天早上也会去散步。

Wǒ yǐqián měitiān zǎoshang yě huì qù sànbù.

I used to take a walk every morning.
我以前没见过你吗？

Wǒ yǐqián méi jiànguo nǐ ma?

Haven't I seen you before?
我以前经常碰上她。

Wǒ yǐqián jīngcháng pèngshàng tā.

I used to bump into her all the time.
我以前被骗过。

Wǒ yǐqián bèi piànguo.

I've been cheated before.
我以前见过你吗？

Wǒ yǐqián jiànguo nǐ ma?

Have I ever met you before?
我以前读过这本书。

Wǒ yǐqián dúguo zhè běn shū.

I have read the book before.
我以前还真不知道你做饭这么好。

Wǒ yǐqián hái zhēn bù zhīdào nǐ zuòfàn zhème hǎo.

Before now I had no idea that you could cook so well.
我以感情为生活里最重要的事。

Wǒ yǐ gǎnqíng wèi shēnghuó lǐ zuì zhòngyào de shì.

I consider relationships to be the most important thing in life.
我们一共才有两百块钱，完全不够。

Wǒmen yígòng cái yǒu liǎng bǎi kuài qián, wánquán búgòu.

Altogether we've only got two hundred kuai. It's nowhere near enough.
我们一共才有500块钱，完全不够。

Wǒmen yígòng cái yǒu wǔbǎi kuài qián, wánquán búgòu.

Altogether we've only got 500 bucks - it's not enough at all.
我们一块儿吃的。

Wǒmen yíkuàir chī de.

We ate together.
我们一定会调查它。

Wǒmen yídìng huì diàochá tā.

We'll be sure to look into it.
我们一定要保持双手清洁。

Wǒmen yídìng yào bǎochí shuāngshǒu qīngjié.

We must keep our hands clean.
我们一年聚一次。

Wǒmen yì nián jù yícì.

We get together once a year.
我们一开始就知道。

Wǒmen yì kāishǐ jiù zhīdào.

We knew it all along.
我们一整晚都待在那里。

Wǒmen yì zhěng wǎn dōu dài zài nàli.

We stayed there the whole night.
我们一直在一起。

Wǒmen yìzhí zài yìqǐ.

We have stuck together.
我们一直讨论到很晚。

Wǒmen yìzhí tǎolùn dào hěn wǎn.

We carried on the discussion till late at night.
我们一直都应该尽力帮助他人。

Wǒmen yìzhí dōu yīnggāi jìnlì bāngzhù tā rén.

We should always try to help others.
我们一言不发地坐着。

Wǒmen yìyánbùfā dì zuòzhe.

We sat in total silence.
我们一起做的话会更有趣的。

Wǒmen yìqǐ zuò dehuà huì gèng yǒuqù de.

It'll be more fun if we do it together.
我们一起去学校。

Wǒmen yìqǐ qù xuéxiào.

We go to school together.
我们一起去野餐了。

Wǒmen yìqǐ qù yěcān le.

We went on a picnic together.
我们一起在学校。

Wǒmen yìqǐ zài xuéxiào.

We are at school together.
我们一起学习吧！

Wǒmen yìqǐ xuéxí ba!

Let's study together!
我们一起工作。

Wǒmen yìqǐ gōngzuò.

We work together.
我们一起来布置新房间吧。

Wǒmen yì qǐlai bùzhì xīn fángjiān ba.

Let's decorate the new room together.
我们一起洗澡，好吗？

Wǒmen yìqǐ xǐzǎo, hǎo ma?

Shall we take a bath together?
我们一起玩吧！

Wǒmen yìqǐ wán ba!

Let's play together!
我们一起看电视。

Wǒmen yìqǐ kàn diànshì.

We watch TV together.
我们一起舒服地坐着。

Wǒmen yìqǐ shūfu de zuòzhe.

We sit comfortably together.
我们一起跳了舞。

Wǒmen yìqǐ tiàole wǔ.

We danced together.
我们一起过了美好的日子。

Wǒmen yìqǐ guo le měihǎo de rìzi.

We had wonderful moments together.
我们七点吃晚饭。

Wǒmen qī diǎn chī wǎnfàn.

We have dinner at seven.
我们三个一队。

Wǒmen sān gè yí duì.

The three of us are on one team.
我们三个都是学生。

Wǒmen sān gè dōu shì xuésheng.

All three of us are students.
我们三小时后见吧。

Wǒmen sān xiǎoshí hòu jiàn ba.

We'll meet in three hours.
我们上同一所学校。

Wǒmen shàng tóngyī suǒ xuéxiào.

We go to the same school.
我们上学可能会迟到。

Wǒmen shàngxué kěnéng huì chídào.

We may be late for school.
我们上幼儿园。

Wǒmen shàng yòu'éryuán.

We go to kindergarten.
我们上课时学了九的根是三。

Wǒmen shàngkè shí xué le jiǔ de gēn shì sān.

We learned at school that the square root of nine is three.
我们下个星期放假。

Wǒmen xiàgexīngqī fàngjià.

We go on holiday next week.
我们下个月就能入住新房子了。

Wǒmen xiàgeyuè jiù néng rùzhù xīn fángzi le.

We can move into our new house next month.
我们下个月要搬家了。

Wǒmen xiàgeyuè yào bānjiāle.

We're moving house next month.
我们下到山谷里，那里有个村庄。

Wǒmen xià dào shāngǔ lǐ, nàli yǒu gè cūnzhuāng.

We went down to the valley where the village is.
我们下周一正式签约。

Wǒmen xià zhōuyī zhèngshì qiānyuē.

We will formally sign the contract next Monday.
我们下象棋吧。

Wǒmen xià xiàngqí ba.

Let's play chess.
我们不久将知道真相。

Wǒmen bùjiǔ jiāng zhīdào zhēnxiàng.

We will know the truth before long.
我们不久就能到月球旅行了。

Wǒmen bùjiǔ jiù néng dào yuèqiú lǚxíngle.

It will not be long before we can take a trip to the moon.
我们不会做任何改动。

Wǒmen búhuì zuò rènhé gǎidòng.

We won't change anything.
我们不会打网球。

Wǒmen búhuì dǎ wǎngqiú.

We can't play tennis.
我们不会说日语。

Wǒmen búhuì shuō Rìyǔ.

We can't speak Japanese.
我们不做这样。

Wǒmen bú zuò zhèyàng.

We don't do it.
我们不像以前那么经常一起做。

Wǒmen bú xiàng yǐqián nàme jīngcháng yìqǐ zuò.

We don't do that together as often as we used to.
我们不刷盘子。

Wǒmen bù shuā pánzi.

We don't wash the dishes.
我们不去度假。

Wǒmen bú qù dùjià.

We are not going on vacation.
我们不可能回到过去。

Wǒmen bù kěnéng huídào guòqù.

We can't go back to the past.
我们不喜欢下雨。

Wǒmen bù xǐhuan xiàyǔ.

We don't like the rain.
我们不在中国。

Wǒmen bú zài Zhōngguó.

We're not in China.
我们不在波士顿。

Wǒmen bú zài Bōshìdùn.

We're not in Boston.
我们不如唱那首英语歌吧！

Wǒmen bùrú chàng nà shǒu Yīngyǔ gē ba!

I think we'd better sing that English song!
我们不常做。

Wǒmen bù cháng zuò.

We don't do it very often.
我们不年轻。

Wǒmen bù niánqīng.

We're not young.
我们不应该再见面。

Wǒmen bù yīnggāi zài jiànmiàn.

We should stop seeing each other.
我们不应该把金钱看得太重。

Wǒmen bù yīnggāi bǎ jīnqián kàn de tài zhòng.

We should not make too much of money.
我们不应该歧视得了精神病的人。

Wǒmen bù yīnggāi qíshì dé le jīngshénbìng de rén.

We shouldn't discriminate against people with mental disorders.
我们不应该看不起任何人。

Wǒmen bù yīnggāi kànbùqǐ rènhé rén.

We shouldn't look down on other people.
我们不必参加那场会议。

Wǒmen búbì cānjiā nà chǎng huìyì.

We don't need to attend that meeting.