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English Sentence:

My friend spent five years to finish her doctoral thesis.

Chinese Translation (Traditional):

我朋友花了五年的時間完成她的博士論文。

Chinese Translation (Simplified):

我朋友花了五年的时间完成她的博士论文。

Pinyin:

wo3 peng2 you3 hua1 le5 wu3 nian2 de5 shi2 jian1 wan2 cheng2 ta1 de5 bo2 shi4 lun4 wen2.

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Words used:

我我

wǒ

1. I 2. me 3. my 4. our

Here: my

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朋友朋友

péng yǒu

friend

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花花

huā

1. flower, blossom 2. florid, flowery, variegated 3. a design, a pattern 4. to spend, to cost (money, time) 5. profligate, disloyal, unfaithful (in a relationship) 6. Hua (Chinese surname) 7. false 8. blurred 9. essence, cream

Here: to spend, to cost (money, time)

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了了

le

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

Here: (completed action marker)

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五五

wǔ

five, 5

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年年

nián

1. year 2. age, a person's age 3. Nian (Chinese surname) 4. period of life 5. annual 6. period (in history) 7. New Year

Here: year

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的的

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 (possessive particle)

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時間时间

shí jiān

1. time 2. period, duration

Here: time, period, duration

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完成完成

wán chéng

to accomplish, to finish, to complete

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她的她的

tā de

1. her 2. hers

Here: her, hers

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博士博士

bó shì

Ph.D., doctor

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論文论文

lùn wén

thesis, dissertation, essay, paper

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