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将近

jiāng jìn · jiang jin

Traditional 將近

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汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)在(zài)公(gōng)园(yuán)的(de)长(cháng)椅(yǐ)上(shàng)坐(zuò)了(le)将(jiāng)近(jìn)三(sān)个(gè)小(xiǎo)时(shí)。

Tom sat on that park bench for nearly three hours.

Tatoeba: Chinese by slo_oth · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

已(yǐ)将(jiāng)近(jìn)十(shí)点(diǎn)了(le)。该(gāi)是(shì)睡(shuì)觉(jiào)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)了(le)。

It's close to ten o'clock. It's about time we went to bed.

Tatoeba: Chinese by rpm2008 · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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