应当

应当 yīngdāng in a sentence

Should (ought to)

Full dictionary entry 2 sentences

应当 (yīngdāng) means Should (ought to). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

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雇佣关系 应当 以合同为准。

Gùyōng guānxì yīngdāng yǐ hétong wéi zhǔn.

An employment relationship should be governed by contract.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 雇佣

社会 应当 给予他们更多关注。

Shèhuì yīngdāng jǐyǔ tāmen gèng duō guānzhù.

Society should give them more attention.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 给予

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