Difference between revisions of "Expressing "less than" with "budao""

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Revision as of 01:53, 27 June 2017


Structure

不到 + Number + Measure Word + Noun

Examples

  • 我 女儿 还 不到 三 岁。Wǒ nǚ’ér hái bùdào sān suì. .
  • 我 昨天 睡 了 不到 五 个 小时 。Wǒ zuótiān shuì le bùdào wǔ gè xiǎoshí. .
  • 这 件 衣服 花 了 不到 一百 块 。Zhè jiàn yīfu huā le bùdào yī bǎi kuài. .
  • 我 家 到 公司 不到 五百 米 。Wǒ jiā dào gōngsī bùdào wǔ bǎi mǐ. .
  • 在 美国,不到 21岁,不能 喝酒 。Zài Měiguó, bùdào èrshí-yī suì, bù néng hē jiǔ. .

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