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  • 1

    n.dialfather-in-law; husband's father

    • ā gōng ā mā shǐ yòng yǒu jī jí tiān rán de fāng fǎ jìn xíng zāi zhòng suǒ yǐ shuǐ guǒ hé qīng cài dōu hěn xīn xiān jiàn kāng

      阿公阿妈使用有机天然方法进行栽种所以水果青菜新鲜健康

      My grandparents use organic farming and natural methods, so the fruits and vegetables are fresh and healthy.

    • měi tiān dāng wǒ de fù mǔ shàng xué hé gōng zuò shí ā gōng ā mā zhào gù wǒ wèi wǒ shí wù bìng péi wǒ wán

      父母上学工作阿公阿妈照顾食物

      Every day while my parents went to school and worked construction jobs or cleaned houses, A-gong took care of me, fed me, and played with me.

  • 2

    n.dialgrandpa; paternal grandfather

    • tā bù bǎ tā dàng zuò ā gōng ér dāng zuò qīn diē

      当作阿公

      She considered him not a father-in-law but a father.

    • zhǐ yǒu wǒ ā gōng ā mó nà me dà nián jì de rén cái hē chá

      只有阿公那么年纪

      Only people at my grandparents' age drink tea.

    • wǒ de ā gōng shí fēn xǐ huan pén zāi

      阿公十分喜欢盆栽

      My grandfather loves potted plants.

  • 3

    n.dialresprespectful term of address for an older or elderly man

    • ā gōng ā mā zài dà cǎo pí páng kāi kěn chū yī kuài dì zhòng shuǐ guǒ hé qīng cài

      阿公阿妈草皮开垦水果青菜

      By the side of the big lawn, my maternal grandparents cultivate a small plot of land and grow fruits and vegetables.