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tī

踢tītī
to kick
FromLesson 17inHardcore Chinese
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Usages of tī

她tā　打dǎ　篮球lánqiú　的de　时候shíhou　没méi　有yǒu　信心xìnxīn，　但dàn　是shì　踢tī　了le　几jǐ　次cì　足球zúqiú　以后yǐhòu，　觉得juéde　自己zìjǐ　也yě　可kě以yǐ　慢慢mànmàn　提高tígāo。tā dǎ lánqiú de shíhou méi yǒu xìnxīn, dàn shì tī le jǐ cì zúqiú yǐhòu, juéde zìjǐ yě kěyǐ mànmàn tígāo.
She doesn’t have confidence when playing basketball, but after playing soccer a few times, she feels she can also slowly improve.
下班xiàbān　以后yǐhòu　我wǒ　不bù　想xiǎng　在zài　房间fángjiān　里lǐ　上网shàngwǎng，　只zhǐ　想xiǎng　在zài　公园gōngyuán　踢tī　一会儿yíhuìr　足球zúqiú。xiàbān yǐhòu wǒ bù xiǎng zài fángjiān lǐ shàngwǎng, zhǐ xiǎng zài gōngyuán tī yíhuìr zúqiú.
After work I don’t want to go online in my room; I just want to play soccer in the park for a while.

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