wǒ
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lái
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We're here to pick peaches according to the Queen Mother's order.
we / us / ourselves / our
plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals
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to offer (tribute) / to present respectfully (to superior, ancestor, deity etc) / to esteem / to revere / to believe in (a religion) / to wait upon / to accept orders (from superior)
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another name for 西王母[Xi1 wang2 mu3], Queen Mother of the West
(literary) paternal grandmother
king or monarch / best or strongest of its type / grand / great
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to rule / to reign over
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mother / elderly female relative / origin / source / (of animals) female
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(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
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life / fate / order or command / to assign a name, title etc
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to take / to borrow / to pick (flowers, fruit etc) / to pluck / to select / to remove / to take off (glasses, hat etc)
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Xiantao sub-prefecture level city in Hubei
the peaches of immortality of Goddess Xi Wangmu 西王母
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