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最好

zuì hǎo · zui hao

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HSK 1Old HSK 4

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  1. best
  2. had better ...; it would be best to ...
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Too cold for ice cream

  1. Liangliang

    山(shān)上(shàng)很(hěn)冷(lěng)，你(nǐ)最好(zuìhǎo)多(duō)穿(chuān)一件(yījiàn)。

    It's cold on the mountain. You'd better wear one more layer.

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)已经(yǐjīng)穿(chuān)了(le)三件(sānjiàn)了(le)。

    I'm already wearing three layers.

  3. Liangliang

    那(nà)你(nǐ)最好(zuìhǎo)别(bié)再(zài)吃(chī)冰淇淋(bīngqílín)了(le)。

    Then you'd better not eat any more ice cream.

  4. Dengdeng

    冰淇淋(bīngqílín)最好吃(zuìhǎochī)的(de)时候(shíhou)就是(jiùshì)冷(lěng)的(de)时候(shíhou)。

    Ice cream tastes best when it's cold.

  5. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，那(nà)最好(zuìhǎo)分(fēn)我(wǒ)一半(yībàn)。

    Fine. Then you'd better give me half.

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01

了(liǎo)解(jiě)一(yí)个(gè)国(guó)家(jiā)最(zuì)好(hǎo)的(de)方(fāng)法(fǎ)是(shì)亲(qīn)自(zì)去(qù)看(kàn)一(yi)看(kàn)。

The best way to know what a country is like is to go and see it with your own eyes.

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

02

你(nǐ)最(zuì)好(hǎo)派(pài)人(rén)去(qù)请(qǐng)医(yī)生(shēng)来(lái)。

You'd better send for a doctor.

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by mcq · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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最
zuì

most; the most

好
hǎo

good; appropriate; proper

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