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学骑自行车

Learning to ride a bike

HSK 3 · 40 words · 100% within level

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When I was small, Dad taught me to ride a bicycle.

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At first I kept falling off.

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Dad stayed beside me and told me not to be afraid.

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After three days I could finally ride.

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Now I cycle to school — it is very convenient.

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  • 小时xiǎo shíHSK 1hour
  • 候hòuHSK 1wait; expect; visit; greet
  • 爸爸bà baHSK 1(coll.) father; dad
  • 教jiàoHSK 1teach, class
  • 过guòHSK 1pass, pass through, go across
  • 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
  • 骑qíHSK 2ride horseback; mount; cavalry
  • 自行车zì xíng chēHSK 2bicycle; bike
  • 刚gāngHSK 2hard, tough, rigid, strong
  • 开始kāi shǐHSK 3to begin; beginning; to start; initial
  • 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
  • 时候shí houHSK 1time; length of time; moment; period
  • 常常cháng chángHSK 1frequently; often
  • 掉diàoHSK 2turn, move; shake, wag; drop down
  • 下来xià laiHSK 3to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
  • 一直yī zhíHSK 2straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through
  • 在zàiHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest
  • 身边shēn biānHSK 2at one's side; on hand
  • 让ràngHSK 2allow, permit, yield, concede
  • 别biéHSK 1separate, other; do not
  • 怕pàHSK 2to fear, be afraid of; apprehensive
  • 学xuéHSK 1learning, knowledge; school
  • 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
  • 三sānHSK 1three
  • 天tiānHSK 1sky, heaven; god, celestial
  • 终于zhōng yúHSK 3at last; in the end; finally; eventually
  • 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
  • 现在xiàn zàiHSK 1now; at present; at the moment; modern; current; nowadays
  • 骑车qí chēHSK 2to ride a bike (motorbike or bicycle)
  • 去qùHSK 1go away, leave, depart
  • 上学shàng xuéHSK 1to go to school; to attend school
  • 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
  • 方便fāng biànHSK 2convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself

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