常常
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Meaning
CC-CEDICT- frequently
- often
In a conversation
0:17 cartoonThe bookshop regular
- Dengdeng
亮亮，你常常去那家书店吗？
Liangliang, do you often go to that bookshop?
- Liangliang
对，我周末常常在那儿看书。
Yes, I often read there at weekends.
- Dengdeng
那你常常买书吗？
Then do you often buy books?
- Liangliang
不常买，我就是看看。
Not often. I just look.
- Dengdeng
难怪老板见到你，总是叹气。
No wonder the owner always sighs when he sees you.
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In a sentence
2 examples父亲常常在空闲时间读侦探小说。
Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.
Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
汤姆常常说他不会晚到，可是他一直会。
Tom often says he won't be late, but he always is.
Tatoeba: Chinese by Yetiowin · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.
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