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修还是买新的

Repair or replace?

HSK 3 · 84 words · 96% within level · 3 new words

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I have used my phone for three years, and lately the battery keeps dying.

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I asked at a shop: fixing it would cost two hundred yuan.

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A new phone costs over three thousand, far more than the repair.

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I hesitated: after repairing it, there might be other problems.

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A friend said that if it is only a small problem, repairing is well worth it.

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In the end I decided to repair it first and use it for another year.

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Now I carry a charger everywhere in case it dies again.

Words in this passage

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  • 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
  • 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
  • 手机shǒu jīHSK 1cell phone; mobile phone
  • 用yòngHSK 1use, employ, apply, operate; use
  • 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
  • 三sānHSK 1three
  • 年niánHSK 1year; new-years; person's age
  • 最近zuì jìnHSK 2recently; soon; nearest
  • 常常cháng chángHSK 1frequently; often
  • 没méiHSK 1not, have not, none; drown, sink
  • 电diànHSK 1electricity; electric; lightning
  • 去qùHSK 1go away, leave, depart
  • 店diànHSK 1shop, store; inn, hotel
  • 里lǐHSK 1unit of distance; village; lane; Kangxi radical 166
  • 问wènHSK 1ask about, inquire after
  • 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
  • 下xiàHSK 1under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
  • 修xiūHSK 3study; repair; cultivate
  • 好hǎoHSK 1good, excellent, fine; well
  • 要yàoHSK 1necessary, essential; necessity
  • 两liǎngHSK 1two, both, pair, couple; ounce
  • 百bǎiHSK 1one hundred; numerous, many
  • 块kuàiHSK 1piece, lump; dollar
  • 新xīnHSK 1new, recent, fresh, modern
  • 千qiānHSK 2thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler
  • 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
  • 比bǐHSK 1to compare, liken; comparison; than; hexagram ䷇
  • 贵guìHSK 1expensive, costly, valuable
  • 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
  • 有yǒuHSK 1have, own, possess; exist
  • 点diǎnHSK 1dot, speck, spot; point, degree
  • 犹豫yóu yùnewto hesitate
  • 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
  • 可能kě néngHSK 2might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps
  • 还háiHSK 1still, yet, also, besides
  • 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
  • 别的bié deHSK 1else; other
  • 问题wèn tíHSK 2question; problem; issue; topic
  • 朋友péng youHSK 1friend
  • 说shuōHSK 1speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
  • 如果rú guǒHSK 2if; in case; in the event that
  • 只是zhǐ shìHSK 3merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however
  • 小xiǎoHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
  • 值得zhí deHSK 3to be worth; to deserve
  • 最后zuì hòuHSK 1final; last; finally; ultimate
  • 决定jué dìngHSK 3to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly
  • 先xiānHSK 1first, former, previous
  • 再说zài shuōnewto say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides
  • 现在xiàn zàiHSK 1now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
  • 每měiHSK 2every, each
  • 天tiānHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial
  • 出门chū ménHSK 2to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
  • 都dōuHSK 1metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
  • 带dàiHSK 2belt, girdle, band, strap, zone
  • 着zheHSK 1make move, take action
  • 充电器chōng diàn qìnewbattery charger
  • 怕pàHSK 2to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive
  • 它tāHSK 2it; other
  • 又yòuHSK 2and, also, again, in addition

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