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bùtóng

不同bùtóngbùtóng
different
FromLesson 22inHardcore Chinese
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Usages of bùtóng

跟Gēn　不同bùtóng　国家guójiā　的de　同学tóngxué　交流jiāoliú　看法kànfǎ，　让ràng　她tā　觉得juéde　世界shìjiè　很hěn　大dà。Gēn bùtóng guójiā de tóngxué jiāoliú kànfǎ, ràng tā juéde shìjiè hěn dà.
Exchanging views with classmates from different countries makes her feel the world is very big.
我wǒ　和hé　她tā　的de　想法xiǎngfǎ　不bù　同tóng。wǒ hé tā de xiǎngfǎ bù tóng.
My ideas and hers are different.
她tā　总是zǒngshì　把bǎ　可kě以yǐ　回收huíshōu　的de　垃圾lājī　和hé　不bù　能néng　回收huíshōu　的de　垃圾lājī　放fàng　在zài　不同bùtóng　的de　垃圾桶lājītǒng　里lǐ。tā zǒngshì bǎ kěyǐ huíshōu de lājī hé bù néng huíshōu de lājī fàng zài bùtóng de lājītǒng lǐ.
She always puts recyclable trash and non‑recyclable trash into different trash cans.

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