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长大 in Context

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长大 zhǎngdà

Usage 1 - "to grow up (zhǎng)": 

Sentence

女儿看着自己的鸟慢慢长大。

English:

The daughter is watching her bird slowly grow up.

Top-Down Words:

鸟 niǎo - bird


Sentence:

你长大后想要干什么?

English:

What do you want to do when you grow up?

Top-Down Words:

后 hòu - after


*Sentence:

宝宝长大后一定很高。

English:

The baby will definitely be tall when he/she grows up.

Top-Down Words:

宝宝 bǎobao - baby
后 hòu - after
一定 yídìng - certainly, definitely, for sure, necessarily 
高 gāo - tall



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Comments   2

Keith Travis

女儿看着自己的鸟慢慢长大

Daughter watching personal bird slowly grow up.

你长大后想要干什么?

You grow up; afterwards, (you) want to do what?

宝宝长大后一定很高

Baby grows up; later, (it will) surely be tall.

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Chris Lewis

长 looks like the letter K, so my prop for this is a box of Special K (Kellogg's). If you eat it every day 长大, you will grow up to be big and strong!

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