There's been an accident.
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曾经
Traditional: 曾經
céng jīng
HSK 3.0 · 3HSK 2.0 · 5
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céng jīng · cang4 ging1 (Jyutping)
- once
- already
- former
- previously
- ever
- (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
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Character breakdown
Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
He was opposed to monopolies.
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