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How do I translate into Chinese: "When I was five years old, my mother made me play piano."

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I think this is an interesting language point. 让 means let, and in some circumstances, make, as in "when you talk that way, it makes me feel bad." In this circumstance, I think there is a better verb. Consider this example: "小李最近总是不开心,原来他是被父母逼婚。Li not happy recently, as he was forced to marry against his will." Alana is being forced to play the piano against her 5 year old will; I think 逼 (bi1) is the better word.
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在我五岁的时候, 我妈妈让我学钢琴。 I feel like that "在" is better than "当”, is more spoken. "play piano" here means not only "弹钢琴” but also "学钢琴", since you were five-years -old girl and was made to "play" piano. So I feel like that 学钢琴 is a proper expression . Any questions, don't hesitate to ask me. ^^)
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当我五岁的时候,我妈妈让我弹钢琴。I think this is the right answer.:)
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我5岁的时候,妈妈逼我学钢琴。

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