Usages of guānjī
这里 的 信号 不 太 好， 手机 有时候 会 自己 关机。zhèli de xìnhào bú tài hǎo, shǒujī yǒushíhou huì zìjǐ guānjī.
The signal here isn’t very good, and sometimes the phone turns itself off.
要不是 这里 的 信号 不 太 好， 我 也 不会 一会儿 关机， 一会儿 又 开机。yàobúshì zhèli de xìnhào bú tài hǎo, wǒ yě búhuì yíhuìr guānjī, yíhuìr yòu kāijī.
If it weren’t for the signal being so bad here, I wouldn’t be turning the phone off and on again and again.
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