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她tā　英文yīngwén　很hěn　好hǎo，　但是dànshì　学xué　中文zhōngwén　很hěn　难nán。tā yīngwén hěn hǎo, dànshì xué zhōngwén hěn nán.
Her English is very good, but learning Chinese is difficult.
其实qíshí　这zhè　个gè　问题wèntí　不bù　难nán，　别bié　担心dānxīn，　你nǐ　试试shìshi　就jiù　懂dǒng　了le。qíshí zhè gè wèntí bù nán, bié dānxīn, nǐ shìshi jiù dǒng le.
Actually this question isn’t hard; don’t worry—try and you’ll get it.
学xué　中文zhōngwén　的de　时候shíhou，　我wǒ　觉得juéde　汉字Hànzì　很hěn　难nán。xué zhōngwén de shíhou, wǒ juéde Hànzì hěn nán.
When I study Chinese, I feel that Chinese characters are very hard.
他Tā　说shuō　即使jíshǐ　考试kǎoshì　很hěn　难nán，　也yě　不bù　想xiǎng　放弃fàngqì。Tā shuō jíshǐ kǎoshì hěn nán, yě bù xiǎng fàngqì.
He said that even if the exam is very hard, he doesn’t want to give up.
这zhè　次cì　考试kǎoshì　很hěn　难nán，　谢谢xièxie　你nǐ　给gěi　我wǒ　那么nàme　多duō　帮助bāngzhù。zhè cì kǎoshì hěn nán, xièxie nǐ gěi wǒ nàme duō bāngzhù.
This exam is very hard; thank you for giving me so much help.
我wǒ　想xiǎng　记住jìzhù　她tā　的de　手机号shǒujīhào，　但是dànshì　有点儿yǒudiǎnr　难nán。wǒ xiǎng jìzhù tā de shǒujīhào, dànshì yǒudiǎnr nán.
I want to remember her phone number, but it’s a bit difficult.
不管bùguǎn　问题wèntí　多duō　难nán，　他tā　都dōu　想xiǎng　试试shìshi　说shuō　一下yíxià　自己zìjǐ　的de　想法xiǎngfǎ。bùguǎn wèntí duō nán, tā dōu xiǎng shìshi shuō yíxià zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ.
No matter how difficult the question is, he wants to try expressing his own ideas.
她Tā　觉得juéde　中文zhōngwén　的de　语音yǔyīn　很hěn　有意思yǒuyìsi，　但是dànshì　声调shēngdiào　有点儿yǒudiǎnr　难nán。Tā juéde zhōngwén de yǔyīn hěn yǒuyìsi, dànshì shēngdiào yǒudiǎnr nán.
She thinks Chinese pronunciation is very interesting, but the tones are a bit hard.
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