perfect · excellent · brought to the utmost degree

dào jiā

d+ào·4th tonej+iā·1st tone

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Mother insists that we should be home by seven in the evening.

母亲一定要我们在晚上七时前回到家中。

When I got home, I was very hungry.

我回到家的时候，感觉非常饿。

If only she had been home when I called yesterday!

昨天打电话的时候，她应該到家了。

My parents had already eaten by the time I got home.

我回到家的时候，爸爸媽媽都已经吃完饭了。

When Dad came home, I was watching TV.

爸爸回到家的时候，我正在看电视。

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