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apartment building
fable
moral
dwelling
to make one's home in
apartment building
to make learning fun
apartment building
to have profound import
the implied message is deep
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We have a warrant to search your apartment.
Source: Tatoeba #5631908 · CC BY 2.0 FR"Drawing dragons and dotting in the eyes" is a fable.
Source: Tatoeba #10041979 · CC BY 2.0 FRDaddy was in his office, under our flat.
Source: Tatoeba #13911136 · CC BY 2.0 FRI invited a Chinese friend over to my apartment.
Source: Tatoeba #3628009 · CC BY 2.0 FRMy apartment is on the fourth floor.
Source: Tatoeba #788805 · CC BY 2.0 FRShe lives with him in a small apartment.
Source: Tatoeba #10585411 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.