房子 in Context

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房子

Usage 1 - "house": 

Sentence:

我用所有的钱买了一套房子。

English:

I used all my money to buy a house.

Top-Down Words:

套 tào - measure word for sets of things (a house could be thought of as a “set” of rooms)

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*Sentence:

爸爸叫女儿去花园请花仙子们来他们的小房子。

English:

Dad asked his daughter to go to the garden and invite the flower fairies to their small house.

Top-Down Words:

花仙子 huāxiānzi - flower fairy
爸爸 bàba - dad

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*Sentence:

每个人都要自己修房子自己住。

English:

Everyone has to build their own house.

Top-Down Words:

修 xiū - build

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*Sentence:

猪二哥打算修木房子，然后他搬了很多木头回家。

English:

The second oldest pig planned to build a wooden house, and he carried a lot of wood home. 

Top-Down Words:

修 xiū - build
搬 bān - to move; to transport

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*Sentence:

木房子比草房子难修一点，所以猪二哥用了五天时间才修好房子。

English:

Wooden houses are a little harder to build than a straw house, so it took second oldest pig five days to finish it.

Top-Down Words:

修 xiū - build

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*Sentence:

猪小弟对他们说：“ 两位哥哥别担心，我家的房子很安全，狼怎么都进不来。”

English:

The youngest brother pig said to them, “Don’t worry two big brothers, my house is very safe, the wolf can’t get in.” 

Top-Down Words:

狼 láng - wolf

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*Sentence:

但是猪小弟说：“ 哥哥，我还是觉得木头房子不安全。” 猪二哥生气地说：“ 你懂什么？我的房子就是好！”

English:

But the youngest brother pig said, “Older brother, I still think that wooden houses aren’t safe.” The second oldest brother said angrily, “What do you know? My house is the best!”

 

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