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告诉
gào su
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- pinyin
- gào su
- simplified
- 告诉
- traditional
- 告訴
1 · 动词
to tell; to inform; to let know
告知；告知；告知
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If trees could talk, what would they tell us?
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如果树木会说话，他们会告诉我们什么？
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