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Usages of yālì
她 觉得 学习 和 工作 的 压力 有点儿 大。Tā juéde xuéxí hé gōngzuò de yālì yǒudiǎnr dà.
She feels the pressure from study and work is a bit heavy.
周末 她 去 公园 散步, 让 自己 放松 一下, 忘记 一下 压力。Zhōumò tā qù gōngyuán sànbù, ràng zìjǐ fàngsōng yíxià, wàngjì yíxià yālì.
On weekends she goes to the park for a walk to relax a bit and forget the pressure for a while.
这 几 天 作业 太 多, 开心 的 心情 都 变成 了 受不了 的 压力。Zhè jǐ tiān zuòyè tài duō, kāixīn de xīnqíng dōu biànchéng le shòubuliǎo de yālì.
These days there’s too much homework; my happy mood has all turned into unbearable pressure.
我 之所以 觉得 这 几 天 压力 很 大, 是 因为 作业 太 多, 结果 心情 一直 不 太 好。wǒ zhīsuǒyǐ juéde zhè jǐ tiān yālì hěn dà, shì yīnwèi zuòyè tài duō, jiéguǒ xīnqíng yìzhí bù tài hǎo.
The reason I feel a lot of pressure these days is that there’s too much homework, and as a result my mood has been not so good.
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