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了啊

le a

1. modal particle compound particle: 了 (change) + 啊 (reminder/exclamation), colloquially fused into 啦

   时间不早了啊，该睡了。

   Shíjiān bù zǎo le a, gāi shuì le.

   It's getting late — time for bed.

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