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开始健身

Getting fit

HSK 4 · 70 words · 100% within level

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Last year I realised I had put on a lot of weight and decided to start working out.

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At the beginning I was tired after five minutes of running.

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The coach told me not to rush and to build up slowly.

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I go three times a week, an hour each time.

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Three months later I had lost six kilos.

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More importantly, I have far more energy than before.

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Exercise has become part of my life.

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  • 去年qù niánHSK 1last year
  • 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
  • 发现fā xiànHSK 2to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
  • 自己zì jǐHSK 2oneself; one's own
  • 胖pàngHSK 3fat, obese; fatty
  • 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
  • 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
  • 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
  • 决定jué dìngHSK 3to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly
  • 开始kāi shǐHSK 3to begin; beginning; to start; initial
  • 健身jiàn shēnHSK 4to exercise; to keep fit; to work out; physical exercise
  • 刚gāngHSK 2hard, tough, rigid, strong
  • 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
  • 时候shí houHSK 1time; length of time; moment; period
  • 跑pǎoHSK 1run, flee, leave in hurry
  • 五wǔHSK 1five; surname
  • 分钟fēn zhōngHSK 2minute
  • 就jiùHSK 1just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
  • 累lèiHSK 1tired; implicate, involve; bother
  • 教练jiào liànHSK 3instructor; sports coach; trainer
  • 告诉gào sùHSK 1to press charges; to file a complaint
  • 不要bù yàoHSK 2don't!; must not
  • 着急zháo jíHSK 4to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí]
  • 要yàoHSK 1necessary, essential; necessity
  • 慢慢màn mànHSK 3slowly
  • 增加zēng jiāHSK 3to raise; to increase
  • 每měiHSK 2every, each
  • 周zhōuHSK 2Zhou dynasty; circumference
  • 去qùHSK 1go away, leave, depart
  • 三sānHSK 1three
  • 次cìHSK 1order, sequence; next
  • 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
  • 个gèHSK 1numerary adjunct, piece; single
  • 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1hour
  • 月yuèHSK 1moon; month; Kangxi radical 74
  • 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
  • 体重tǐ zhòngHSK 4body weight
  • 少shǎoHSK 1few, less, inadequate
  • 六liùHSK 1number six
  • 公斤gōng jīnHSK 2kilogram (kg)
  • 更gèngHSK 2more, still further, much more; to change, alter
  • 重要zhòng yàoHSK 1important; significant; major
  • 是shìHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
  • 比bǐHSK 1to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
  • 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2before; formerly; previous; ago
  • 精神jīng shénHSK 3spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist
  • 运动yùn dòngHSK 2to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign
  • 已经yǐ jīngHSK 2already
  • 变成biàn chéngHSK 2to change into; to turn into; to become
  • 生活shēng huóHSK 2to live; life; livelihood
  • 一部分yī bù fenHSK 2portion; part of; subset

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