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哪里 in Context

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A NEW WORD HAS BEEN UNLOCKED
哪里

Usage 1 - "where?": 

*Sentence:

你能想起来我们在哪里吗?

English:

Can you remember where we are?


Sentence:

你在哪里结婚? 

English:

Where did you get married?

Top-Down Words:

结婚 jiéhūn - get married 


Usage 2 - "wherever, where": 

*Sentence:

哪里最艰苦就在哪里干。

English:

Work wherever the work is most difficult.

Top-Down Words:

艰苦 jiānkǔ - difficult, painstaking
就 jiù - (expressing condition “then”)


Usage 3 - "(used in rhetorical questions)"

*Sentence:

可是我工作这么忙,哪里有时间去约会。

English:

But I'm very busy at work. How can I have time to go on dates?

Top-Down Words:

忙 máng - busy


Usage 4 - "(polite reply to a compliment)":

*Sentence:

A: 你真漂亮!
B: 哪里哪里。

English:

A: You are truly beautiful!
B: You’re too kind (You flatter me)
 

Top-Down Words:

漂亮 piàoliang - beautiful



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