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Usages of cháng
暑假 比 寒假 长, 大学生 有 时间 旅游 或者 回 老家 看看 亲戚。shǔjià 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.
我 在 公园 散步 了 很 长 时间。wǒ zài gōngyuán sànbù le hěn cháng shíjiān.
I walked in the park for a long time.
这 篇 文章 内容 不 长, 但是 重点 很 清楚。Zhè 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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