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化学

huà xué · hua xue

Traditional 化學

Old HSK 5

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  1. chemistry
  2. chemical
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Cooking is chemistry

  1. Liangliang

    明天(míngtiān)有(yǒu)化学(huàxué)考试(kǎoshì)，你(nǐ)复习(fùxí)了(le)吗(ma)？

    There's a chemistry exam tomorrow. Did you review?

  2. Dengdeng

    复习(fùxí)了(le)，可是(kěshì)化学(huàxué)太(tài)难(nán)了(le)。

    I did, but chemistry is too hard.

  3. Qiqi

    我(wǒ)觉得(juéde)化学(huàxué)很(hěn)有意思(yǒuyìsi)，做饭(zuòfàn)也(yě)是(shì)化学(huàxué)！

    I think chemistry is interesting. Cooking is chemistry too!

  4. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)今晚(jīnwǎn)做饭(zuòfàn)，就当(jiùdāng)复习(fùxí)化学(huàxué)了(le)！

    Then if I cook tonight, I will count it as studying chemistry!

  5. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，但是(dànshì)别(bié)把(bǎ)厨房(chúfáng)变成(biànchéng)化学(huàxué)实验室(shíyànshì)！

    OK, but don't turn the kitchen into a chemistry lab!

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2 examples
01

我(wǒ)发(fā)现(xiàn)了(le)他(tā)在(zài)化(huà)学(xué)方(fāng)面(miàn)的(de)天(tiān)赋(fù)。

I found him a genius at chemistry.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Dejo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)里(lǐ)是(shì)普(pǔ)通(tōng)中(zhōng)学(xué)的(de)化(huà)学(xué)实(shí)验(yàn)室(shì)。

This is a chemistry laboratory in an ordinary secondary school.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by Suzumeya_Meiya · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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