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be

/bi/

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variant 1: is
variant 2: are
variant 3: was
variant 4: were
variant 5: been
variant 6: am
variant 7: being

1 · verb

to exist, occur, or have a particular identity or state

表示存在、发生、身份或状态

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My right hand is Uighur, and my left is Han.
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我的右手是维族的，左手是汉族的。
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