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除了

除了 chú le

ㄔㄨˊ ㄌㄜ˙
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1(used to introduce one of two habitual alternatives in the pattern 除了 + A + 就是 + B, "either A or B")
2apart from; besides; in addition to (used to exclude, as in 除了他,誰也沒來|除了他,谁也没来 "apart from him, nobody came", or to include, as in 除了英語,他也會法語|除了英语,他也会法语 "in addition to English, he also knows French")

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nà r那儿chú le除了wǒ我,yí一gè rén个人dōu都méi yǒu没有。
那儿除了我,一个人都没有。
There was no one there besides me.
除了我以外,大家都很忙。
Everybody is busy except me.
除了星期天我每一天都工作。
I work every day except Sunday.