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Usages of biérén
他 平时 很 关心 别人， 声音 也 总是 不 大。Tā píngshí hěn guānxīn biéren, shēngyīn yě zǒngshì bù dà.
He usually really cares about other people, and his voice is also always not loud.
她 不 想 让 别人 帮 她 做 作业。tā bù xiǎng ràng biéren bāng tā zuò zuòyè.
She doesn’t want other people to help her do homework.
她 总是 愿意 帮助 别人， 让 大家 觉得 很 温暖。tā zǒngshì yuànyì bāngzhù biéren, ràng dàjiā juéde hěn wēnnuǎn.
She is always willing to help others, making everyone feel very warm.
今天 办公室 里 没 有 别人， 我 一 个 人 安静 地 把 作业 都 做完 了。jīntiān bàngōngshì lǐ méi yǒu biérén, wǒ yí gè rén ānjìng de bǎ zuòyè dōu zuòwán le.
There was no one else in the office today; I quietly finished all the homework by myself.
他 说 自己 的 旅游 计划 跟 别人 说 什么 没 有 关系， 只 跟 自己 的 兴趣 有 关系。tā shuō zìjǐ de lǚyóu jìhuà gēn biérén shuō shénme méi yǒu guānxi, zhǐ gēn zìjǐ de xìngqù yǒu guānxi.
He says his travel plans have nothing to do with what other people say, only with his own interests.
她 每天 下班 以后 都 画画 一会儿， 希望 有 一天 别人 会 叫 她 画家。tā měitiān xiàbān yǐhòu dōu huàhuà yíhuìr, xīwàng yǒu yìtiān biéren huì jiào tā huàjiā.
Every day after work she draws for a while and hopes that one day people will call her a painter.
比起 别人 从来 不 看 说明， 他 觉得 自己 更 安心。bǐqǐ biérén cónglái bù kàn shuōmíng, tā juéde zìjǐ gèng ānxīn.
Compared with people who never read the instructions, he feels more at ease.
有 的 学生 很 害羞， 不 太 喜欢 在 聚会 上 跟 别人 聊天。yǒu de xuéshēng hěn hàixiū, bù tài xǐhuan zài jùhuì shàng gēn biéren liáotiān.
Some students are very shy and don’t really like chatting with others at parties.
她 在 食堂 里 也 能 专心 学习， 别人 说话 的 时候 她 都 听 不 见。Tā zài shítáng lǐ yě néng zhuānxīn xuéxí, biéren shuōhuà de shíhou tā dōu tīng bú jiàn.
She can also concentrate on studying in the cafeteria; when others are talking she can’t even hear them.
这 个 小组 的 工作 是 他 负责 的， 别人 帮 他 复习 今天 的 重点。Zhè gè xiǎozǔ de gōngzuò shì tā fùzé de, biéren bāng tā fùxí jīntiān de zhòngdiǎn.
He is in charge of this group’s work, and others help him review today’s key points.
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