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cái shì
phr. (with emphasis) to be...; not to be... until (a point of time), to be...only when (a point of time)
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Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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zhè cái shì zhēn zhèng de yǒu yì
phr. This is the real friendship.
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pín qióng bù shì chí rǔ, lǎn duò cái shì zuì dà de chí rǔ .
phr. Poverty is no disgrace, but laziness is the biggest one.
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bào lì bù néng jiě jué wèn tí, tán pàn cái shì wéi yī de chū lù .
phr. Violence cannot solve the problem, and negotiation is the only outlet.
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yóu cí kě jiàn, wǒ de lǐ lùn cái shì zhèng què de .
phr. Thus it can be seen that my theory is right.
cái shì zhòng yào de
phr. ...that is important
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jiū jìng shuí cái shì xíng xiōng zhě
phr. Who the hell was the murderer?
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nèi róng shì zuì zhǔ yào de, qí cì cái shì xíng shì .
phr. The content is the most important, after which comes the form.
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tā gāng cái shuō de cái shì wèn tí de zhòng diǎn .
phr. What he just said is the key point of the issue.
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xì tǒng shuō de huà cái shì wáng dào .
phr. What the system says rules (said with emphasis).
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wǒ jué de wǒ cái shì nà gè rén mài .
phr. I feel that I (with emphasis) am the person other want to network with.