README.md

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task_categories:
  - translation
language:
  - en
  - zh

20,000+ chinese sentences with translations and pinyin

• Source: https://mnemosyne-proj.org/cards/20000-chinese-sentences-translations-and-pinyin
• Contributed by: Brian Vaughan http://brianvaughan.net/

Dataset Structure

Each sample consists of:

1. English sentence
2. HSK level
3. Chinese translation
4. Pinyin
5. separator ("--")

Other Info from the Source

HSK level

All of the sentences came from sample sentences intended to describe a particular word. HSK level (in the category name) signifies the HSK level of the word this sentence describes. Note that "HSK level" is 1-4.

Limitation

This is a search of all characters in each level, including the characters that loner words are composed of. This is why even HSK level 4 sentences can contain sentences in "limited 1."

For example, 作主 (zuo4zhu3) is an HSK level 4 word. It contains 2 characters which both appear in other HSK level 1 words, and so the sample sentence for 作主 (assuming that sentence contains no other difficult words) might appear in the category "HSK 4; limited 1;"