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Meaningdāng(preposition, verb)

(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)

Also onomatopoeia for a bell: dang.

Examples

• 我想当老师。

  wǒ xiǎng dāng lǎo shī.

  I want to be a teacher.

• 当我到的时候，会议已经开始了。

  dāng wǒ dào de shí hòu, huì yì yǐ jīng kāi shǐ le.

  When I arrived, the meeting had already started.

• 有问题就当面说吧。

  yǒu wèn tí jiù dāng miàn shuō ba.

  If there's a problem, say it to my face.

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Meaningdàng(preposition, verb)

at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)

Examples

• 别把我当小孩子。

  bié bǎ wǒ dāng xiǎo hái zi.

  Don't treat me like a child.

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