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Elementarywant

想 / 要: want in Mandarin

想 is softer; 要 can be more direct.

Examples

。 This way of saying it is more natural. 。 Do not only translate directly from English.

Translation trap

If two Chinese words become one English word, do not assume they behave the same. That is how fluent nonsense is born.

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