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拉肚子 in Context

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拉肚子

Usage 1 - "to have diarrhea": 

Sentence

我中午肚子不舒服,拉肚子了。

English

At noon I had an upset stomach. I had diarrhea.  

Top-Down Words:

舒服 shūfu - comfortable, pleasant 



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Comments   3

Jason Pon

Simple question but is 在 optional when expressing 'at noon' (position in time), since I do not see it here.

Could you also say 我在中午肚子不舒服

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Mandarin Blueprint

No, it makes more sense without the 在. 在 is used more often for past events that are further in the past, e.g.

我在两年以前开始学中文。
Wǒ zài liǎngnián yǐqián kāishǐ xué Zhōngwén.
I began to learn Chinese two years ago.

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MB Team

This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVMPOQ1mG4g&t=2046s

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