English Sentence:

The city council uses falcons to scare away pigeons.

Chinese Translation (Traditional):

市政府用獵鷹來嚇走鴿子。

Chinese Translation (Simplified):

市政府用猎鹰来吓走鸽子。

Pinyin:

shi4 zheng4 fu3 yong4 lie4 ying1 lai2 xia4 zou3 ge1 zi5.

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市政府
市政府

shì zhèng fǔ

city hall, town hall

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yòng

1. to use 2. (usually in the negative) to need, to have to 3. to eat or drink 4. expense, outlay 5. usefulness 6. to employ

Here: to use, to employ

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獵鷹   猎鹰

liè yīng

falcon, hunting hawk

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lái

1. to come 2. in order to 3. to take place, to crop up 4. to have 5. future, coming, next 6. (used to replace another verb) 7. (used with to express capability) 8. ever since

Here: in order to

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xià

to scare, to frighten

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zǒu

1. to walk, to move 2. to go, to leave 3. to let out, to lose, to leak 4. (of devices) to run, to work 5. to visit, to call on 6. to make a move 7. (euphemistic) to pass away, to die 8. to change, to lose original shape, flavour, etc 9. from, through

Here: to go, to leave

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鴿子   鸽子

gē zi

pigeon, dove

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