měi

Usages of měi

 wèi 小说家xiǎoshuōjiā shuō, 生活shēnghuó zhōng de měi jiàn 事情shìqing dōu 可以kěyǐ 变成biànchéng 各种gèzhǒng 故事gùshiNà wèi xiǎoshuōjiā shuō, shēnghuó zhōng de měi jiàn shìqing dōu kěyǐ biànchéng gèzhǒng gùshi.
That novelist says every thing in life can become all kinds of stories.
老师Lǎoshī shuō, zhè  小组xiǎozǔ de měi  rén dōu yào wèi 自己zìjǐ de 部分bùfen 负责fùzéLǎoshī shuō, zhè gè xiǎozǔ de měi gè rén dōu yào wèi zìjǐ de bùfen fùzé.
The teacher said that everyone in this group must be responsible for their own part.
为了wèile 这个zhège 标准biāozhǔn,  měi 晚上wǎnshang xiě de 句子jùzi dōu 超过chāoguò shí wèile zhège biāozhǔn, tā měi wǎnshang xiě de jùzi dōu chāoguò shí gè.
For this standard, every night the sentences she writes exceed ten.

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