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Usages of jiào
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.
大家 都 叫 她 小李。dàjiā dōu jiào tā xiǎolǐ.
Everyone calls her Xiao Li.
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