When you buy a house, you borrow the money and you pay it back in fixed-- it would usually be monthly, but let's say annual payments.

当你买了一座房子,你贷了些款,然后你在一定的时间内偿还一部分,一般来说都是按月来算的,但是假设我们是按年支付的

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