最近在中国，警察抓到了一个小偷，在他的住处警察发现了8本关于盗窃的笔记，都是这个小偷自己写的。
上面不但有他的计划：打工存钱—学开锁—买工具—研究如何盗窃，还说“被抓是因为不够专业”。
根据这些“经验”，警察发现他至少还盗窃了50多次。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 最近 | zuì jìn | recently |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 警察 | jǐng chá | police; police officer |
| 抓到 | zhuā dào | to catch; to seize; to arrest |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 小偷 | xiǎo tōu | thief |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 住处 | zhù chù | residence; dwelling |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 本 | běn | classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 关于 | guān yú | pertaining to / concerning / with regard to / about / a matter of |
| 盗窃 | dào qiè | to steal |
| 笔记 | bǐ jì | notes / a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | above-mentioned |
| 不但 | bù dàn | not only (... but also ...) |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 计划 | jì huà | plan / project / program |
| 打工 | dǎ gōng | to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation |
| 存钱 | cún qián | to deposit money / to save money |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 开锁 | kāi suǒ | to unlock |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 工具 | gōng jù | tool / instrument / utensil / means (to achieve a goal etc) |
| 研究 | yán jiū | to research / to look into |
| 如何 | rú hé | how / what way / what |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 抓 | zhuā | to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 够 | gòu | enough (sufficient) / enough (too much) |
| 专业 | zhuān yè | professional |
| 根据 | gēn jù | according to / based on |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 经验 | jīng yàn | experience |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least / (to say the) least |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |