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坐错了方向

The wrong direction

HSK 4 · 62 words · 98% within level · 1 new word

Speed

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Yesterday morning I rushed into the metro station.

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I got on the train while looking at my phone.

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Two stops later, I realised I was going the wrong way.

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I had to get off at the next stop, walk to the other platform and go back.

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All that messing about made me ten minutes late.

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Since then, I always check the station name before I get on.

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  • 昨天zuó tiānHSK 1yesterday
  • 早上zǎo shangHSK 1early morning
  • 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
  • 急jíHSK 2quick, quickly; urgent, pressing
  • 急忙jí mángHSK 4hastily
  • 忙mángHSK 1busy, pressed for time; hustling
  • 地deHSK 1earth; soil, ground; region
  • 进jìnHSK 1advance, make progress, enter
  • 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
  • 地铁站dì tiě zhànHSK 2subway station
  • 一边yī biānHSK 1one side; either side; on the one hand; on the other hand; doing while
  • 看kànHSK 1look, see; examine, scrutinize
  • 手机shǒu jīHSK 1cell phone; mobile phone
  • 上shàngHSK 1top; superior, highest; go up, send up
  • 车chēHSK 1cart, vehicle; carry in cart
  • 坐zuòHSK 1sit; seat; ride, travel by
  • 两liǎngHSK 1two, both, pair, couple; ounce
  • 站zhànHSK 1stand up; a stand, station
  • 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
  • 才cáiHSK 2talent, ability; just, only
  • 发现fā xiànHSK 2to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery
  • 方向fāng xiàngHSK 2direction; orientation
  • 错cuòHSK 1error, blunder, mistake; wrong
  • 只好zhǐ hǎoHSK 3to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
  • 在zàiHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest
  • 下xiàHSK 1under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
  • 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
  • 下车xià chēHSK 1to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
  • 走zǒuHSK 1walk, go on foot; run; leave; Kangxi radical 156
  • 到dàoHSK 1go to, arrive, been to
  • 对面duì miànHSK 2(sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face
  • 再zàiHSK 1again, twice, re-
  • 回去huí quHSK 1to return; to go back
  • 这样zhè yàngHSK 2this kind of; so; this way; like this; such
  • 折腾zhē tengnewto toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly); to repeat sth over and over again; to torment sb; to play crazy; to squander (time, money)
  • 迟到chí dàoHSK 4to arrive late
  • 十分shí fēnHSK 2very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts
  • 钟zhōngHSK 1clock; bell
  • 从cóngHSK 1from, by, since, whence, through
  • 那nàHSK 1that, that one, those
  • 上车shàng chēHSK 1to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
  • 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2before; formerly; previous; ago
  • 一定yī dìngHSK 2surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
  • 先xiānHSK 1first, former, previous
  • 名míngHSK 1name, rank, title, position

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