to smoke (tobacco)

chōu yān

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I don't smoke.

我不抽烟。

As is evident from the data, smoking is not decreasing among the young.

数据表明年轻人抽烟的现象没有减少。

The man who was smoking said, "He doesn't come here any more."

那个抽烟的男人说：他再也不来了。

He still remembers the day his mother found out he was smoking.

他还记得他妈妈发现他正在抽烟的那天。

Smokers die young.

抽烟的人死的早。

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