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当…的时候

dāng … de shíhou

1. preposition when …; at the time of … (fixed pattern)

   当他进来的时候，大家都停下了。

   Dāng tā jìnlái de shíhou, dàjiā dōu tíng xià le.

   When he came in, everyone stopped.

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