PHRASES
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on veut protéger les enfants
→ “we want to protect the children”
on [wǒmen] — we (informal, colloquial)
veut [yào] — wants (3rd person singular of 'vouloir') — literally 'to want'
protéger [bǎohù] — to protect — from the Latin 'protégere', like 'shield'
les enfants [háizi] — children — literally 'young ones'
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sois honnête
→ “be honest”
sois [shì] — be (imperative form of 'être' — command form)
honnête [chéngshí] — honest — literally 'truthful' or 'sincere'
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on veut prévenir les ingérances étrangères
→ “we want to prevent foreign meddling”
on [wǒmen] — we (informal, colloquial)
veut [yào] — wants (3rd person singular of 'vouloir') — literally 'to want'
prévenir [fángzhǐ] — to prevent — literally 'to foresee and stop'
les ingérances [guàn rù] — meddling, interference — literally 'to enter into'
étrangères [wàiguó de] — foreign — literally 'from other countries'
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on veut vous censurer car on a marre que vous dénonciez nos magouilles
→ “we want to censor you because we're tired of you exposing our scams”
on [wǒmen] — we (informal, colloquial)
veut [yào] — wants (3rd person singular of 'vouloir') — literally 'to want'
vous [nǐmen] — you (plural or formal)
censurer [censorship] — to censor — literally 'to check before publication'
car [yīnwèi] — because — literally 'for that reason'
on [wǒmen] — we (informal, colloquial)
a [yǒu] — has/have (3rd person singular of 'avoir') — here it's part of 'avoir marre'
marre [fán] — tiredness, annoyance — literally 'enough of'
que [de] — that (subordinate clause marker) — literally 'of that'
vous [nǐmen] — you (plural or formal)
dénonciez [bàolù] — expose — literally 'to denounce, reveal'
nos [wǒmen de] — our (plural possessive adjective) — literally 'of us'
magouilles [piàozhuàng] — scams, tricks — literally 'underhanded dealings'
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merci
→ “thank you”
merci [xièxie] — thank you — literally 'many thanks'
