¥-B |  C-GH-LM-OP-ST-XY-Z

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liu
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qi
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shi
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¥: symbol for Chinese currency (yuan)

baba: father

Badaling: highly trafficked tourist section of the Great Wall

Baishite: ice cream brand in Lanzhou

baozi: round steamed buns filled with meat or vegetables

bei: north

Bei Da: Beijing University, one of China’s premier universities (equivalent to Harvard or Yale)

Beijing: China’s capital; literally “north capital”

Beijing Linye Daxue: Beijing Forestry University

bizi: nose

bu: no; not

bu chi bai bu chi: “There’s no point in not eating.”

bu yao: don’t want

¥-B |  C-GH-LM-OP-ST-XY-Z


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