English Sentence:

The crime rate went down last year.

Chinese Translation (Traditional):

去年的犯罪率下降了。

Chinese Translation (Simplified):

去年的犯罪率下降了。

Pinyin:

qu4 nian2 de5 fan4 zui4 lü4 xia4 jiang4 le5.

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去年   去年

qù nián

last year

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de

1. of (possessive particle) 2. (adjectival ending) 3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis) 4. (used to form a nominal expression)

Here: of, (particle)

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犯罪率
犯罪率

fàn zuì lǜ

crime rate

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下降   下降

xià jiàng

to go down, to lower down

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le

1. (particle signifying the change of situation) 2. (completed action marker) 3. (a filler word without any meaning)

Here: (particle which indicates a past tense)

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