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你大概從沒聽說過

你大概從...

你大概從沒聽說過

niˇ daˋ gaiˋ congˊ meiˊ ting ˉ shuo ˉ guoˋ

(You have)

You have probably never heard of

你 niˇ

(You, Your)

You, Your

大概 daˋ gaiˋ

(Generally, Generically, In general, Might, Probably, Roughly, Sort of)

Probably, Might, Roughly, Generally, Sort of, In general, Generically

大概從沒聽說過

daˋ gaiˋ congˊ meiˊ tingˉ shuoˉ guoˋ

(Probably)

Probably never heard of

從沒 congˊ meiˊ

(Never)

Never

從沒聽說過

congˊ meiˊ tingˉ shuoˉ guoˋ

(Never heard)

Never heard of

聽說 tingˉ shuoˉ

(Be told, Been told, Has been, Hear, Heard, Hears)

Hear, Hears, Heard, Be told, Been told, Heard say, Has been said

聽說過

tingˉ shuoˉ guoˋ

(Heard)

Heard

說過 shuoˉ guoˋ

(Said)

Said

你

You, Your

You, Your

大

Adult, Big, Doctor, Great, High Official, Huge, Important, Large, Senior

Big, Huge, Great, Large, Important, Adult, Senior, (Dai4), Doctor, High Official

概

Approximately, Categorically, Estimate, General, General idea, Outline, Probability, Roughly, Summary, Without Exception

General, Roughly, Approximately, Summary, Outline, General idea, Estimate, Without exception, Categorically, Probability

從

Easy, From, From North, Lax, Plentiful, Relaxed, Unhurried, Yielding

From, Lax, Yielding, (Cong1), Easy, Relaxed, Unhurried, Plentiful, (Zong1), From North To South

沒

Drown, Have not,, None, Nothing, Sink, Without

have not, is not, Nothing, Without, None, (Mo4), Drown, Sink

聽

Follow, Hear, Listen, Obey, Understand

Listen, Hear, Understand, Follow, Obey

說

Delight, Explain, Influence, Narrate, Persuade, Please, Say, Scold, Speak, Talk, Tell, To narrate, To say

Say, To say, Say/Says/Saying/Said, To narrate, Narrate/Narrates/Narrating/Narrated, Speak/Speaks/Speaking/Spoke, Talk, Tell, Explain, Scold, (Shui4), Persuade, Influence, (Yue4), Delight, Please

過

Arrive, Experience, Go through, Pass, Pass On, Past, Transfer, Visit

Experience, Pass, Go through, Arrive, Past perfect tense, Pass On, Transfer, Visit

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