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+task_categories:
+- translation
+language:
+- en
+- zh
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+# 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;"
+