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HSK 3 Week 30: Words 446-450

Here are your worksheets for Week 30 of My HSK Dictionary 3.

Our words this week: 

(Click on each of the Chinese words below to take a look.)

– old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past

– tired / weary / to strain / to wear out / to work hard 

离开 – to depart / to leave 

礼物 – gift / present

历史 – history

Study

老是 is an adverb that can mean ‘always’ and can be interchanged with 总是. 老是 has a frustrated or irate tone. Sometimes it’s also shortened to just ‘老’.

Use the sentence pattern 老是 + Predicate

For example, 

你怎么老是加班? Why do you always work overtime?

My HSK Dictionary 3 Week 30