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  1. 沉淪沉chén — variant of 沉 (chén) (HSK 4) · 沉沦郁達夫小說選
  2. 長明燈長cháng — 1. long 2. (bound form) length 3. (bound form) strong point; forte 4. (bound form) to be good at 5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. (zhàng)) (HSK 2)燈dēng — 1. lamp 2. light 3. lantern 4. classifier: 盞 (zhǎn) (HSK 2) · 长明灯彷徨
  3. 阿長與《山海經》長cháng — 1. long 2. (bound form) length 3. (bound form) strong point; forte 4. (bound form) to be good at 5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. (zhàng)) (HSK 2)與yǔ — 1. (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) 2. (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手 (yǔ tā wò shǒu) "shake hands with him", 與去年不同 (yǔ qù nián bù tóng) "different from last year") 3. (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow (HSK 6)山shān — 1. mountain; hill (classifier: 座 (zuò)) 2. (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on (HSK 1)海hǎi — 1. ocean 2. sea 3. classifier: 個 (gè), 片 (piàn) 4. great number of people or things 5. (dialect) numerous (HSK 2)經jīng — 1. classics 2. sacred book 3. scripture 4. to pass through 5. to undergo 6. to bear 7. to endure 8. warp (textile) 9. longitude 10. menstruation 11. channel (TCM) 12. abbr. for economics 經濟 (jīng jì) (HSK 7-9) · 阿长与《山海经》朝花夕拾
  4. 從百草園到三味書屋從cóng — 1. from; through; via 2. (bound form) to follow 3. (bound form) to obey 4. (bound form) to engage in (an activity) 5. (used before a negative) ever 6. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. (zòng)) retainer; attendant 7. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. (zòng)) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate 8. (bound form) (Taiwan pr. (zòng)) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor (HSK 1)百bǎi — 1. hundred 2. numerous 3. all kinds of (HSK 1)草cǎo — variant of 草 (cǎo) (HSK 2)園yuán — 1. land used for growing plants 2. site used for public recreation 3. abbr. for a place ending in 園, such as a botanical garden 植物園, kindergarten 幼兒園 etc (HSK 6)到dào — 1. to reach; to arrive 2. to leave for; to go to 3. to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) 4. (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) 5. considerate; thoughtful; thorough (HSK 1)三sān — 1. three 2. 3 (HSK 1)書shū — 1. book 2. letter 3. document 4. classifier: 本 (běn), 冊 (cè), 部 (bù) 5. to write (HSK 1)屋wū — 1. (bound form) house 2. (bound form) room (HSK 5) · 从百草园到三味书屋朝花夕拾

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