cháng

Usages of cháng

暑假shǔjià  寒假hánjià cháng, 大学生dàxuéshēng yǒu 时间shíjiān 旅游lǚyóu 或者huòzhě huí 老家lǎojiā 看看kànkan 亲戚qīnqishǔjià bǐ hánjià cháng, dàxuéshēng yǒu shíjiān lǚyóu huòzhě huí lǎojiā kànkan qīnqi.
Summer vacation is longer than winter vacation, and college students have time to travel or go back to their hometowns to visit relatives.
 zài 公园gōngyuán 散步sànbù le hěn cháng 时间shíjiānwǒ zài gōngyuán sànbù le hěn cháng shíjiān.
I walked in the park for a long time.
Zhè piān 文章wénzhāng 内容nèiróng  cháng, 但是dànshì 重点zhòngdiǎn hěn 清楚qīngchuZhè piān wénzhāng nèiróng bù cháng, dànshì zhòngdiǎn hěn qīngchu.
This article isn’t long, but its main points are very clear.

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