in other words; i.e.

yě jiù shì

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In other words, he doesn't want to do it.

也就是说，他根本不想做。

She doesn't pay attention to others; in other words, she is selfish.

她不关心别人；也就是说，她很自私。

My father died three years ago, that is to say in 1977.

家父是在三年前离世的，也就是一九七七年。

Standard Chinese, commonly referred to as Mandarin, is based on Pekinese.

中文的标准语，也就是人们常说的普通话，以北京口音为基础。

Tomorrow, I want to go to Madrid. It is the capital city of Spain.

我明天要去马德里，也就是西班牙的首都。

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