20. yüzyılın ortalarından beri Pekin'de su kuyusu sayısı önemli ölçüde düşmüş ve yeni yol ve binalar için bir yol yapmak için yıkılmışlardır.
- Since the mid-20th century, the number of hutongs in Beijing has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings.
Futbol, ikinci yüzyılda Çin'de oynandı.
- Football was played in China in the second century.
Üniversite günlerine dönüp baktığımda,sanki bir asır önceymiş gibi görünüyorlar.
- Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.
İslam yedinci asırda Arap Yarımadasında doğdu.
- Islam emerged in the Arabian Peninsula in the seventh century.
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'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro and con.
In the 19th century, the number of immigrants swelled rapidly.
- In the 19th century, the number of immigrants grew rapidly.
Last century they would have just thrown someone like Tom into a lunatic asylum.
- Last century they would've just thrown someone like Tom into a lunatic asylum.
... and boiled down demographic history of the first half of the 21st century. In 2000, ...
... the city's most ancient mosque was built in the twelfth century ...