痰 (tán) — phlegm

Definition

Examples

• 感冒的时候，喉咙里常常有痰。
  Gǎn mào de shí hou, hóu long lǐ cháng cháng yǒu tán.
  When you have a cold, there is often phlegm in your throat.
• 医生建议他多喝水，这样痰会更容易咳出来。
  Yī shēng jiàn yì tā duō hē shuǐ, zhè yàng tán huì gèng róng yì hāi chū lái.
  The doctor advised him to drink more water so the phlegm would be easier to cough up.
• 他咳嗽了很久，终于把痰咳了出来。
  Tā ké sou le hěn jiǔ, zhōng yú bǎ tán hāi le chū lái.
  He coughed for a long time and finally brought up the phlegm.

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