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Usages of yǐzi
他 喜欢 坐 在 窗户 旁边 的 椅子 上 看 书。tā xǐhuan zuò zài chuānghu pángbiān de yǐzi shàng kàn shū.
He likes to sit on the chair by the window and read.
今天 下班 以后， 我们 没 走错 路， 最后 在 公园 里 找到 了 一 个 安静 的 地方 坐 在 椅子 上。jīntiān xiàbān yǐhòu, wǒmen méi zǒucuò lù, zuìhòu zài gōngyuán lǐ zhǎodào le yí gè ānjìng de dìfang zuò zài yǐzi shàng.
After work today, we didn’t go the wrong way and finally found a quiet place in the park to sit on a chair.
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