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那天

nà tiān · na tian

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Meaning

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  1. that day
  2. the other day
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The two doors

  1. Liangliang

    那天(nàtiān)你(nǐ)为什么(wèishénme)没(méi)来(lái)？

    Why didn't you come that day?

  2. Dengdeng

    那天(nàtiān)我(wǒ)去(qù)了(le)，可是(kěshì)你(nǐ)不(bù)在(zài)。

    I did come that day, but you weren't there.

  3. Liangliang

    那天(nàtiān)我(wǒ)在(zài)门口(ménkǒu)等(děng)了(le)你(nǐ)半(bàn)个(gè)小时(xiǎoshí)。

    That day I waited at the front door for half an hour.

  4. Dengdeng

    门口(ménkǒu)？我(wǒ)在(zài)后门(hòumén)！

    The front door? I was at the back door!

  5. Liangliang

    原来(yuánlái)那天(nàtiān)我们(wǒmen)在(zài)同一(tóngyī)家(jiā)店(diàn)，只是(zhǐshì)不同(bùtóng)的(de)门(mén)。

    So that day we were in the same cafe, at different doors.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

每(měi)月(yuè)发(fā)工(gōng)资(zī)的(de)那(nà)天(tiān)，我(wǒ)给(gěi)我(wǒ)妈(mā)5000日(rì)元(yuán)。

Every month when I receive my salary, I give 5000 Japanese Yen to my mother.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by francaisr0wlet · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)去(qù)不(bu)了(liǎo)，因(yīn)为(wèi)那(nà)天(tiān)我(wǒ)家(jiā)人(rén)要(yào)来(lái)看(kàn)我(wǒ)。

I can't go. My relatives are visiting me that day.

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

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