{"id":12196,"date":"2025-01-27T23:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T15:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/?p=12196"},"modified":"2026-10-07T17:33:51","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:33:51","slug":"only-longer-than-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/only-longer-than-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Only &amp; Longer Than Expected \u2013 \u624d c\u00e1i"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 ez-toc-wrap-left counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/only-longer-than-expected\/#%E4%B8%80_Only_%E6%89%8D_V_O\" >\u4e00 Only: \u624d + V + O<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/only-longer-than-expected\/#%E4%BA%8C_Only_%E6%89%8D_Number\" >\u4e8c Only: \u624d + Number<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/only-longer-than-expected\/#%E4%B8%89_Later_Than_Expected_Time_%E6%89%8D_V\" >\u4e09 Later Than Expected: Time + \u624d + V<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/only-longer-than-expected\/#%E5%9B%9B_%E6%89%8D_vs_%E5%B0%B1\" >\u56db \u624d vs. \u5c31<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/only-longer-than-expected\/#%E4%BA%94_Common_Mistakes\" >\u4e94 Common Mistakes<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/only-longer-than-expected\/#%E5%85%AD_Practice\" >\u516d Practice<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"height:9px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n  .odc-post{--gold:#b8925a;--gold-dark:#8f6f43;--ink:#2b2620;--ink-soft:#5c5348;--card:#faf6ef;--line:#e7ddc9;\n    max-width:880px!important;margin:0 auto!important;padding:0 16px 60px!important;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,\"Segoe UI\",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif!important;\n    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   <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/\u7576\u4ee3\u4e2d\u65872.jpg\" alt=\"\u7576\u4ee3\u4e2d\u65872 Contemporary Chinese 2\" class=\"odc-hero-img\">\n  <\/div>\n\n  <p style=\"color:var(--ink-soft);font-size:15px;\">\u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> shows that something is <strong>less than expected<\/strong> (&#8220;only&#8221;) or happens <strong>later than expected<\/strong> (&#8220;not until&#8221;). Either way, it often carries the speaker&#8217;s surprise or dissatisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 1 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"only\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%B8%80_Only_%E6%89%8D_V_O\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e00<\/span> Only: \u624d + V + O<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-struct\">Subject + \u624d + Verb + Object<\/div>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">\u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> before the verb means the amount is <strong>smaller than expected<\/strong>, often not enough.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d85\u5e02<\/span><rt>ch\u0101osh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u53bb<\/span><rt>q\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u6642<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f\u65f6<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceosh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb7<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e70<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u74f6<\/span><rt>p\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6c34<\/span><rt>shu\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">You were at the supermarket for two hours and only bought one bottle of water?<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f4f<\/span><rt>zh\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u570b<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u56fd<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dnggu\u00f3<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5e74<\/span><rt>ni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u53e5<\/span><rt>j\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">He&#8217;s lived in China for ten years. How can he only speak three sentences of Chinese?<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u6574\u5929<\/span><rt>y\u00eczh\u011bngti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c0f<\/span><rt>xi\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9eb5\u5305<\/span><rt>mi\u00e0nb\u0101o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9762\u5305<\/span><rt>mi\u00e0nb\u0101o<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5728<\/span><rt>z\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6e1b\u80a5<\/span><rt>ji\u01cenf\u00e9i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u51cf\u80a5<\/span><rt>ji\u01cenf\u00e9i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">You only ate one little bread roll all day today. Are you on a diet?<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6253\u7b97<\/span><rt>d\u01cesu\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8003<\/span><rt>k\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby>HSK5\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u662f<\/span><rt>b\u00fash\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5929\u624d<\/span><rt>ti\u0101nc\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31\u662f<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9sh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u767d\u75f4<\/span><rt>b\u00e1ich\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">He&#8217;s only studied Chinese for two months and he&#8217;s planning to take HSK 5. He&#8217;s either a genius or an idiot.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u661f\u671f<\/span><rt>x\u012bngq\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u661f\u671f<\/span><rt>x\u012bngq\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6240\u4ee5<\/span><rt>su\u01d2y\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8b<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9084<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd8<\/span><rt>h\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7fd2\u6163<\/span><rt>x\u00edgu\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e60\u60ef<\/span><rt>x\u00edgu\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">He&#8217;s only been in Taiwan for two weeks, so he&#8217;s still not used to a lot of things.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u932f<\/span><rt>cu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9519<\/span><rt>cu\u00f2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6b21<\/span><rt>c\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8a71<\/span><rt>hu\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bdd<\/span><rt>hu\u00e0<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8a18\u4ec7<\/span><rt>j\u00ecch\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bb0\u4ec7<\/span><rt>j\u00ecch\u00f3u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u591a\u4e45<\/span><rt>du\u014dji\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">I said the wrong thing just once. How long are you going to hold a grudge?!<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 2 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"number\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%BA%8C_Only_%E6%89%8D_Number\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e8c<\/span> Only: \u624d + Number<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-struct\">\u624d + Number + Measure Word + Noun<\/div>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">\u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> can also go right before a number: &#8220;only 30 years old,&#8221; &#8220;only 15 followers.&#8221;<\/p>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5341<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u554a<\/span><rt>a<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u76f4<\/span><rt>y\u00eczh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8a18\u5f97<\/span><rt>j\u00ecd\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bb0\u5f97<\/span><rt>j\u00ecde<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u56db\u5341<\/span><rt>s\u00ecsh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">You&#8217;re only 30? I always remembered you saying you were 40!<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u85aa\u6c34<\/span><rt>x\u012bnshu\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5de5\u8d44<\/span><rt>g\u014dngz\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u5343<\/span><rt>y\u00ecqi\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u584a<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5757<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7f8e\u91d1<\/span><rt>m\u011bij\u012bn<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019\u6a23<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8y\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9\u6837<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8y\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5920<\/span><rt>g\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u591f<\/span><rt>g\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7528<\/span><rt>y\u00f2ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Your salary is only 1,000 US dollars? Is that enough to live on?<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u516b<\/span><rt>b\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9846<\/span><rt>k\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9897<\/span><rt>k\u0113<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96de\u86cb<\/span><rt>j\u012bd\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9e21\u86cb<\/span><rt>j\u012bd\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7adf\u7136<\/span><rt>j\u00ecngr\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e94<\/span><rt>w\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u584a<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5757<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7f8e\u91d1<\/span><rt>m\u011bij\u012bn<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u592a<\/span><rt>t\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5751\u4eba<\/span><rt>k\u0113ngr\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Only eight eggs, and they cost five dollars? What a rip-off!<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e94<\/span><rt>sh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8ffd\u8e64<\/span><rt>zhu\u012bz\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8ffd\u8e2a<\/span><rt>zhu\u012bz\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><\/ruby>YouTube<ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u983b\u9053<\/span><rt>p\u00ednd\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9891\u9053<\/span><rt>p\u00ednd\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u53ef\u80fd<\/span><rt>k\u011bn\u00e9ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8abf\u6574<\/span><rt>ti\u00e1ozh\u011bng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8c03\u6574<\/span><rt>ti\u00e1ozh\u011bng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u65b9\u5411<\/span><rt>f\u0101ngxi\u00e0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Only 15 people follow you? Maybe your YouTube channel needs a new direction.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"use-note-box\"><span class=\"fyi-title\">FYI: \u5751\u4eba k\u0113ngr\u00e9n<\/span>\u5751\u4eba <span class=\"py\">k\u0113ngr\u00e9n<\/span> is slang for being ripped off or taken advantage of. If something costs way too much or turns out to be poor quality, you can say <ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e5f<\/span><rt>y\u011b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u592a<\/span><rt>t\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5751\u4eba<\/span><rt>k\u0113ngr\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5427<\/span><rt>ba<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01 &#8220;That&#8217;s such a rip-off!&#8221;<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 3 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"late\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%B8%89_Later_Than_Expected_Time_%E6%89%8D_V\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e09<\/span> Later Than Expected: Time + \u624d + V<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-struct\">Subject + Time + \u624d + Verb<\/div>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">After a time word, \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> means something happens <strong>later than expected<\/strong>: &#8220;not until.&#8221; Notice there&#8217;s <strong>no \u4e86<\/strong> at the end, even for past events.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d\u597d\u610f\u601d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9h\u01ceoy\u00ecsi<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60\u5011<\/span><rt>n\u01d0men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60\u4eec<\/span><rt>n\u01d0men<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5148<\/span><rt>xi\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5403<\/span><rt>ch\u012b<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5427<\/span><rt>ba<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u6982<\/span><rt>d\u00e0g\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516b\u9ede<\/span><rt>b\u0101 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516b\u70b9<\/span><rt>b\u0101 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Sorry, you guys go ahead and eat! I probably won&#8217;t get there until around eight.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5e74<\/span><rt>m\u00edngni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u7063<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u53f0\u6e7e<\/span><rt>T\u00e1iw\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">He won&#8217;t come to Taiwan until next year.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5ba2\u4eba<\/span><rt>k\u00e8r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4\u8f03<\/span><rt>b\u01d0ji\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd4\u8f83<\/span><rt>b\u01d0ji\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u591a<\/span><rt>du\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u9ede<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u70b9<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5341<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">We&#8217;re busy right now, so your food will take 30 minutes.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u5341\u516b<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edb\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f9e<\/span><rt>c\u00f3ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4ece<\/span><rt>c\u00f3ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5b78<\/span><rt>d\u00e0xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5b66<\/span><rt>d\u00e0xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7562\u696d<\/span><rt>b\u00ecy\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6bd5\u4e1a<\/span><rt>b\u00ecy\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">How come you didn&#8217;t graduate from college until 28?<\/div>\n        <div class=\"note\">Most people finish college at 22 to 24, so 28 is later than expected.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u70ba\u4ec0\u9ebc<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48<\/span><rt>w\u00e8ish\u00e9nme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8a34<\/span><rt>g\u00e0os\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8bc9<\/span><rt>g\u00e0osu<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eca\u5929<\/span><rt>j\u012bnti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u662f<\/span><rt>sh\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u751f\u65e5<\/span><rt>sh\u0113ngr\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Why are you only telling me now that today&#8217;s your birthday?<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d95<\/span><rt>g\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8d76<\/span><rt>g\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5831\u544a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0og\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u62a5\u544a<\/span><rt>b\u00e0og\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff0c<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00\u76f4<\/span><rt>y\u00eczh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u591c<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ny\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u9ede<\/span><rt>s\u0101n di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u70b9<\/span><rt>s\u0101n di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">I was rushing to finish a report yesterday and didn&#8217;t go to bed until 3 a.m.<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">If everyone already knows the time, it can be left out:<\/p>\n    <div class=\"odc-card\">\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u96fb\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7535\u5f71<\/span><rt>di\u00e0ny\u01d0ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u90fd<\/span><rt>d\u014du<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u958b\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5f00\u59cb<\/span><rt>k\u0101ish\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">You&#8217;re only getting here now? The movie&#8217;s already started!<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"odc-ex\">\n        <div class=\"zh\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5927\u5bb6<\/span><rt>d\u00e0ji\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u525b\u525b<\/span><rt>g\u0101ngg\u0101ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u521a\u521a<\/span><rt>g\u0101ngg\u0101ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u554f<\/span><rt>w\u00e8n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u95ee<\/span><rt>w\u00e8n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7684\u6642\u5019<\/span><rt>de sh\u00edh\u00f2u<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u7684\u65f6\u5019<\/span><rt>de sh\u00edhou<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5e79\u561b<\/span><rt>g\u00e0nm\u00e1<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5e72\u5417<\/span><rt>g\u00e0nm\u00e1<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e0d<\/span><rt>b\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8aaa<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8bf4<\/span><rt>shu\u014d<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">Why are you only saying this now? Why didn&#8217;t you say anything when everyone asked you just now?<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 4 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"cai-vs-jiu\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E5%9B%9B_%E6%89%8D_vs_%E5%B0%B1\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u56db<\/span> \u624d vs. \u5c31<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">\u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> and \u5c31 <span class=\"py\">ji\u00f9<\/span> are opposites after a time word: \u5c31 <span class=\"py\">ji\u00f9<\/span> means <strong>earlier or faster<\/strong> than expected, \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> means <strong>later or slower<\/strong>.<\/p>\n    <div class=\"compare-cols\">\n      <div class=\"compare-col keep\">\n        <h4>\u5c31 \u00b7 earlier than expected<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"compare-word\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516d\u9ede<\/span><rt>li\u00f9 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516d\u70b9<\/span><rt>li\u00f9 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">He got up at six. (So early!)<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"compare-col keep\">\n        <h4>\u624d \u00b7 later than expected<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"compare-word\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n        <div class=\"en\">He didn&#8217;t get up until eleven. (So late!)<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"use-note-box\">Notice that \u5c31 <span class=\"py\">ji\u00f9<\/span> usually comes with \u4e86 <span class=\"py\">le<\/span> at the end, but \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> does not.<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 5 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"mistakes\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E4%BA%94_Common_Mistakes\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u4e94<\/span> Common Mistakes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <div class=\"odc-mistake\">\n      <p class=\"wrong\">\u274c <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"right\">\u2705 <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6628\u5929<\/span><rt>zu\u00f3ti\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00\u9ede<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5341\u4e00\u70b9<\/span><rt>sh\u00edy\u012b di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"why\">Even for the past, don&#8217;t add \u4e86 after \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> + verb.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"odc-mistake\">\n      <p class=\"wrong\">\u274c <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5341<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"right\">\u2705 <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5341<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"why\">\u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> + number means &#8220;only.&#8221; Adding \u4e86 contradicts it.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"odc-mistake\">\n      <p class=\"wrong\">\u274c <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516b\u9ede<\/span><rt>b\u0101 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516b\u70b9<\/span><rt>b\u0101 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"right\">\u2705 <ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516b\u9ede<\/span><rt>b\u0101 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516b\u70b9<\/span><rt>b\u0101 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5230<\/span><rt>d\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/p>\n      <p class=\"why\">\u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> goes <strong>before<\/strong> the verb.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <!-- Section 6 -->\n  <div class=\"odc-section\" id=\"practice\">\n    <h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E5%85%AD_Practice\"><\/span><span class=\"odc-seal\">\u516d<\/span> Practice<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n    <p class=\"odc-gist\">Tap the words below in the right order to build the sentence, then check your answer. If it&#8217;s wrong, you can try again as many times as you like, or hit &#8220;Show answer&#8221; if you get stuck. Careful: some tiles are traps and are not needed!<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"wo-wrap\">\n      <div class=\"wo-progress\" id=\"woProgress\">Question 1 of 10<\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q1 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card active\" data-correct=\"1,4,0,3,2\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;You only bought one bottle of water?&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb7<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e70<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u74f6<\/span><rt>p\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6c34<\/span><rt>shu\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8cb7<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e70<\/span><rt>m\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e00<\/span><rt>y\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u74f6<\/span><rt>p\u00edng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6c34<\/span><rt>shu\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u55ce<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5417<\/span><rt>ma<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n          <p>Less than expected \u2192 \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q2 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,0,3\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;He&#8217;s only 25!&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u5341\u4e94<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e8c\u5341\u4e94<\/span><rt>\u00e8rsh\u00edw\u01d4<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6b72<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5c81<\/span><rt>su\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<\/div>\n          <p>No \u4e86 after \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> + number.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q3 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,3,2,0;3,1,2,0\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;I didn&#8217;t go to bed until 2 a.m.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u591c<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ny\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169\u9ede<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24\u70b9<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u591c<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ny\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169\u9ede<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24\u70b9<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p class=\"also-note\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u534a\u591c<\/span><rt>b\u00e0ny\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5169\u9ede<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e24\u70b9<\/span><rt>li\u01ceng di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7761<\/span><rt>shu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby> is also correct.<\/p>\n          <p>Later than expected, and no \u4e86 <span class=\"py\">le<\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q4 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,4,2,0,3\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;He won&#8217;t come back until next year.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u4f86<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u6765<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5e74<\/span><rt>m\u00edngni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u660e\u5e74<\/span><rt>m\u00edngni\u00e1n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u4f86<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u56de\u6765<\/span><rt>hu\u00edl\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>Time + \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span> + <span class=\"lang-zh-TW\">\u6703 <span class=\"py\">hu\u00ec<\/span><\/span><span class=\"lang-zh-CN\">\u4f1a <span class=\"py\">hu\u00ec<\/span><\/span> + verb.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q5 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,3,0,2\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;Only ten people came to the party.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6d3e\u5c0d<\/span><rt>p\u00e0idu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6d3e\u5bf9<\/span><rt>p\u00e0idu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6d3e\u5c0d<\/span><rt>p\u00e0idu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6d3e\u5bf9<\/span><rt>p\u00e0idu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f86<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6765<\/span><rt>l\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5341<\/span><rt>sh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4eba<\/span><rt>r\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>Fewer people than expected. \ud83d\ude22<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q6 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"2,1,4,0,3\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;Why are you only telling me now?&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8a34<\/span><rt>g\u00e0os\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8bc9<\/span><rt>g\u00e0osu<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4f60<\/span><rt>n\u01d0<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u9ebc<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u600e\u4e48<\/span><rt>z\u011bnme<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73fe\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u73b0\u5728<\/span><rt>xi\u00e0nz\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8a34<\/span><rt>g\u00e0os\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u544a\u8bc9<\/span><rt>g\u00e0osu<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6211<\/span><rt>w\u01d2<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff1f<\/div>\n          <p>Now is later than it should have been \u2192 \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q7 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,2,0,3\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;She&#8217;s only been learning Chinese for three months.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5979<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b78<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5b66<\/span><rt>xu\u00e9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09<\/span><rt>s\u0101n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u500b<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2a<\/span><rt>ge<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u6708<\/span><rt>yu\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u7684<\/span><rt>de<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/span><rt>Zh\u014dngw\u00e9n<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>Only three months!<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q8 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,4,3,2,0\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;The food will take 30 minutes to be ready.&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u9ede<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u70b9<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5341<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"5\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u9ede<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9910\u70b9<\/span><rt>c\u0101ndi\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8981<\/span><rt>y\u00e0o<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u5341<\/span><rt>s\u0101nsh\u00ed<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u9418<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5206\u949f<\/span><rt>f\u0113nzh\u014dng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u6703<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u4f1a<\/span><rt>hu\u00ec<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u597d<\/span><rt>h\u01ceo<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>Slower than you&#8217;d hope \u2192 \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q9 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"2,0,1\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;This piece of clothing was only 300 dollars!&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u767e<\/span><rt>s\u0101nb\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u584a<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5757<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ef6<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8863\u670d<\/span><rt>y\u012bf\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8863\u670d<\/span><rt>y\u012bfu<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5f88<\/span><rt>h\u011bn<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u9019<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8fd9<\/span><rt>zh\u00e8<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ef6<\/span><rt>ji\u00e0n<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8863\u670d<\/span><rt>y\u012bf\u00fa<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u8863\u670d<\/span><rt>y\u012bfu<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e09\u767e<\/span><rt>s\u0101nb\u01cei<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u584a<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u5757<\/span><rt>ku\u00e0i<\/rt><\/ruby>\uff01<\/div>\n          <p>Cheaper than expected. \ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Q10 -->\n      <div class=\"wo-card\" data-correct=\"1,3,2,0\">\n        <p class=\"wo-prompt\">&#8220;He got up at six. (So early!)&#8221;<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-answer-zone\"><span class=\"wo-placeholder\">Tap words below to build the sentence<\/span><\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-pool\">\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"0\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"1\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"2\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"3\"><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516d\u9ede<\/span><rt>li\u00f9 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516d\u70b9<\/span><rt>li\u00f9 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-token\" data-order=\"4\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u624d<\/span><rt>c\u00e1i<\/rt><\/ruby><\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <p class=\"wo-retry\">\u274c Try Again<\/p>\n        <div class=\"wo-actions\">\n          <button class=\"wo-check\">Check<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reset\">Reset<\/button>\n          <button class=\"wo-reveal\">Show answer<\/button>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"wo-feedback\">\n          <p class=\"verdict\"><\/p>\n          <div class=\"correct-answer\"><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4ed6<\/span><rt>t\u0101<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-TW\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516d\u9ede<\/span><rt>li\u00f9 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby class=\"lang-zh-CN\"><span class=\"rb\">\u516d\u70b9<\/span><rt>li\u00f9 di\u01cen<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u5c31<\/span><rt>ji\u00f9<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u8d77\u5e8a<\/span><rt>q\u01d0chu\u00e1ng<\/rt><\/ruby><ruby><span class=\"rb\">\u4e86<\/span><rt>le<\/rt><\/ruby><\/div>\n          <p>Earlier than expected \u2192 \u5c31 <span class=\"py\">ji\u00f9<\/span>, not \u624d <span class=\"py\">c\u00e1i<\/span>.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"wo-nav\">\n        <button id=\"woPrev\" disabled>\u2190 Prev<\/button>\n        <button id=\"woNext\">Next \u2192<\/button>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"wo-restart\" id=\"woRestart\">\n        <p id=\"woScore\" style=\"color:var(--ink-soft);\"><\/p>\n        <button id=\"woRestartBtn\">Restart Practice<\/button>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <div class=\"odc-related\">\n    <h3>Related Grammar<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"row\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/cai-chinese-grammar\/\">\u624d c\u00e1i Chinese Grammar<\/a><span class=\"tag\">Grammar<\/span><\/div>\n    <div class=\"row\"><span class=\"arrow\">\u2192<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tiffanysmandarin.com\/index.php\/jiu-grammar\/\">\u5c31 ji\u00f9 Chinese Grammar<\/a><span class=\"tag\">Grammar<\/span><\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n(function(){\n  var cards = Array.prototype.slice.call(document.querySelectorAll('.odc-post .wo-card'));\n  var idx = 0;\n  var score = 0;\n  var progressEl = document.getElementById('woProgress');\n  var prevBtn = document.getElementById('woPrev');\n  var nextBtn = document.getElementById('woNext');\n  var restartWrap = document.getElementById('woRestart');\n  var restartBtn = document.getElementById('woRestartBtn');\n  var scoreEl = document.getElementById('woScore');\n\n  function show(i){\n    cards.forEach(function(c, ci){ c.classList.toggle('active', ci === i); });\n    progressEl.textContent = 'Question ' + (i+1) + ' of ' + cards.length;\n    prevBtn.disabled = (i === 0);\n    nextBtn.textContent = (i === cards.length - 1) ? 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