以前的人以为地球是平的。

It used to be thought that the earth was flat.

Traditional

以前的人以為地球是平的。

Pinyin

Yǐqián de rén yǐwéi dìqiú shì píng de.

Bopomofo

ㄧˇ ㄑㄧㄢˊ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄉㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄡˊ ㄕˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ˙ㄉㄜ。

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This sentence is from Tatoeba, contributed by nickyeow, with the English translation by Swift. It is used here under CC BY 2.0 FR.

Tatoeba writes this sentence in traditional characters: 以前的人以為地球是平的。 Chinese Boost builds every reading of a sentence from simplified characters, so it has been converted here.

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