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所有 in Context

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所有

Usage 1 - "All": 

Sentence:

明天老板请所有员工吃饭。

English

Tomorrow the boss will treat all employees to a meal.

Top Down Words:

老板 láobǎn - boss, one's boss, the boss of a place


 *Sentence:

我想了所有的办法,可是我的种子就是长不出花来。

English

I tried everything, but my seed still wouldn’t bloom.

Top Down Words:

 种子 zhǒngzi - seed



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Rose Black

想 can mean "try"? Or is it just not a literal translation?

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Mandarin Blueprint

Loose translation. Based on the larger context the translation works, but on the individual sentence level you might translate it more as "thought of everything".

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