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Example sentences

• 秀芳和小刘一起去玩，等他们回来时已经很晚了。

  Xiùfāng hé Xiǎolíu yīqǐ qù wán, děng tāmen huílái shí yǐjīng hěn wǎnle.

  Xiu Fang and Xiao Liu went out to play, and by the time they returned, it was already very late.

  easy

• 小孙喜欢吃水果，等她放学后就去超市买。

  Xiǎosūn xǐhuān chī shuǐguǒ, děng tā fàngxué hòu jiù qù chāoshì mǎi.

  Xiao Sun likes to eat fruit, and she goes to the supermarket to buy some after school.

  easy

• 欣雨等着小郭，因为他们约好一起去看电影。

  Xīnyǔ děngzhe Xiǎoguō, yīnwèi tāmen yuē hǎo yīqǐ qù kàn diànyǐng.

  Xin Yu is waiting for Xiao Guo because they agreed to go watch a movie together.

  easy

• 小周告诉我，他等下要去参加一个很重要的会议。

  Xiǎozhōu gàosù wǒ, tā děngxià yào qù cānjiā yīgè hěn zhòngyào de huìyì.

  Xiao Zhou told me that he has to go attend a very important meeting later.

  medium

• 虽然小刘和小孙等了很久，但他们还是没有等到火车，最后只好打车回家。

  Suīrán Xiǎolíu hé Xiǎosūn děngle hěn jiǔ, dàn tāmen háishì méiyǒu děng dào huǒchē, zuìhòu zhǐhǎo dǎchē huíjiā.

  Although Xiao Liu and Xiao Sun waited for a long time, they still did not wait for the train, and in the end, they had to take a taxi home.

  hard

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