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Wash the Face

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7岁suì的de小波xiǎo bō不bù喜欢xǐ huan洗xǐ脸liǎn。

有一天yǒu yì tiān，老师lǎo shī看见kàn jiàn他tā的de脸liǎn很hěn脏zāng，就jiù说shuō：”你nǐ怎么zěn me每měi天tiān不bù洗xǐ脸liǎn？

吃chī的de早饭zǎo fàn渣zhā还hái在zài脸liǎn上shàng呢ne？

”小波xiǎo bō说shuō：”老师lǎo shī，那nà你nǐ猜cāi猜cāi我wǒ吃chī的de是shì什么shén me？

”老师lǎo shī说shuō：”米饭mǐ fàn。

”小波xiǎo bō说shuō：”老师lǎo shī，你nǐ猜cāi错cuò了le，那nà是shì昨天zuó tiān吃chī的de。

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Vocabulary 35 words

Chinese	Pinyin	English
岁	suì	classifier for years (of age)
的	de	possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression)
小波	xiǎo bō	wavelet (math.)
不	bù	no; not so
喜欢	xǐ huan	to like; to be fond of
洗	xǐ	to wash; to bathe / to develop (photographs) / to shuffle (cards etc) / to erase (a recording)
脸	liǎn	face
有一天	yǒu yì tiān	one day; at some unspecified day in the past or future
老师	lǎo shī	teacher
看见	kàn jiàn	to see; to catch sight of
他	tā	he; him; his
很	hěn	very; quite
脏	zāng	dirty / filthy
就	jiù	merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly
说	shuō	to speak; to talk; to say
你	nǐ	you
怎么	zěn me	how? / what? / why?
每	měi	each / every
天	tiān	day
吃	chī	to eat; to consume / to eat at
早饭	zǎo fàn	breakfast
渣	zhā	slag (in mining or smelting) / dregs
还	hái	still, still in progress, yet
在	zài	(of sb or sth) to be (located) at
上	shàng	(noun suffix) on; above
呢	ne	(sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds
那	nà	then (in that case)
猜	cāi	to guess
我	wǒ	I; me; my
是	shì	to be (followed by substantives only)
什么	shén me	what?
米饭	mǐ fàn	(cooked) rice
错	cuò	wrong / bad / interlocking / complex
了	le	(completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now)
昨天	zuó tiān	yesterday