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非洲

Fēi zhōu · fei zhou

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Meaning

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  1. Africa
  2. abbr. for 阿非利加洲 (Ā fēi lì jiā Zhōu)
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  1. Dengdeng

    暑假(shǔjià)你(nǐ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)哪儿(nǎr)玩(wán)？

    Where do you want to go this summer?

  2. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)去(qù)非洲(fēizhōu)看(kàn)大象(dàxiàng)！

    I want to go to Africa to see elephants!

  3. Dengdeng

    非洲(fēizhōu)？那里(nàli)很(hěn)热(rè)吧(ba)？

    Africa? It's very hot there, right?

  4. Liangliang

    对(duì)，所以(suǒyǐ)我(wǒ)先(xiān)买(mǎi)了(le)帽子(màozi)。

    Yes, so I bought a hat first.

  5. Dengdeng

    那(nà)去(qù)非洲(fēizhōu)的(de)机票(jīpiào)呢(ne)？

    And the plane ticket to Africa?

  6. Liangliang

    还没(háiméi)买(mǎi)，帽子(màozi)先(xiān)到(dào)了(le)。

    Not yet. The hat arrived first.

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01

非(fēi)洲(zhōu)是(shì)一(yí)个(gè)大(dà)陆(lù), 而(ér)格(gé)陵(líng)兰(lán)不(bú)是(shì)。

Africa is a continent; Greenland is not.

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

02

我(wǒ)姐(jiě)姐(jie)明(míng)年(nián)要(yào)去(qù)非(fēi)洲(zhōu)做(zuò)志(zhì)愿(yuàn)者(zhě)。

My older sister is going to Africa next year to volunteer.

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