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Study: Time and Basic Movement

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Word Number 4

now

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Primary Chinese

现在

Primary Pinyin

xiàn zài

Short Definition

The present moment or current period.

Primary Meaning

当前时刻或阶段

Primary Note

Present-time expression.

Mapping Boundary

Correct: Now you very busy → 现在你非常忙。

Incorrect: You are very busy now as a Chinglish token sequence

That is natural English order, not the recorded Chinese semantic order.

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