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村子
cūnzi
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- cūnzi
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- 村子
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- 村子
1 · noun
A settlement that is usually smaller than a town.
通常比城镇小的居民聚居地。
Village does not imply poverty or an unchanged way of life.
My friend grew up in this village.
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我的朋友在这个村子长大。
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2 · noun
A small settlement in a rural area.
乡村地区人们聚居的小型居民点。
子 has a neutral tone in the pinned source. A village is a settlement, not the whole countryside.
This village has only one road leading out of the mountains.
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这个村子只有一条通往山外的路。
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By the time we reached the village, the sun had already set.
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我们到村子时，太阳已经落山了。
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Mandarin reading: cūnzi.
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