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Words & Phrases 词汇与词组 – 楼梯 Staircase

2019-11-01

Meaning：Staircase
Sentence: 那位老太太从一段楼梯上摔了下来。The old woman fell down a flight of stairs.

The souvenir which impresses me deeply 对我意义重大的纪念物

2019-11-01

如果你拥有一样值得珍藏的东西，是一件很幸福的事。令我印象深刻的纪念物有两样，其中一样是棉被，这件棉被对我的意义重大，不单单只是一件让我暖和的东西，它里面有满满的爱心，是在我不懂事的时候，奶奶所送给我的第一件礼物，所以我一定要好好珍惜它。 If you have something to be cherished, you are really blessed. There are two souvenirs leaving me deepest impression.

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Colors in Chinese and English

2019-11-01

LightPink 浅粉红 Pink 粉红 Crimson 猩红 LavenderBlush 脸红的淡紫色 PaleVioletRed 苍白的紫罗兰红色 HotPink 热情的粉红 DeepPink 深粉色 MediumVioletRed 适中的紫罗兰红色 Orchid 兰花的紫色 Thistle 蓟

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Never make these mistakes in Chinese 46

2019-11-01

Foreigners often make some strange mistakes in Chinese when they study the most difficult language— —Chinese. We try to analyze typical sentences to correct these errors.

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Chinese language vocabulary 汉语词汇 Chinese idioms: cold

2019-11-01

【成语】春寒料峭
【全拼】【 chūn　hán　liào　qiào 】
【英文释义】there is a chill in the air in early spring
【释义】料峭：微寒。形容初春的寒冷。
【出处】宋·释普济《五灯会元》卷十九：“春寒料峭，冻杀年少。”
【例子】那是一个阴冷的漆黑之夜。～，风雨凄凄。（何为《春夜的沉思和回忆》）

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声声中国语:把话放这儿。Somebody’s some behaviors will definitely lead to unsatisfactory

2019-11-01

把话放这儿。 Bǎ huà fàng zhèr. (An expression indicating that somebody’s some behaviors will definitely lead to unsatisfactory results) Explanation 这个短句常作为插入语,指说话人非常肯定地表示某件事情将会有一个的不好的结果，含有批评、生气、责备的语气，意在提醒对方要考虑到可能发生的不良后果，不要盲目做某事。

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Lesson 037 You Are All Clever.

2019-11-01

M: Da jia hao! Huanying dao Xianzai Xue Hanyu，Learn Chinese Now! Who am I? 我是谁, wo shi shei? Do you know? 你知道吗, ni zhidao ma?
S: 我不知道, wo bu zhidao.
M: 你不知道吗, ni bu zhidao ma? I’ll tell you. 我告诉你, wo gaosu ni. Wo shi manli. 我知道你是谁, wo zhidao ni shi shei.
S: Oh, you know? Who am I? Wo shi shei?
M: Ni shi Stuart, Bai Junshi, Bai xiansheng.
S: Dui le. You’re very clever. 你很聪明, ni hen congming!
M: Xiexie. Now let’s see how congming you guys at home are. Today is money and numbers day. Remember the homework from the last lesson? Listen again.
S: Oh, dear, I have to pay for the drinks. How much, 多少? How much money? 多少钱?
M: Duoshao qian? This was your homework. 一杯咖啡是五块钱, yi bei kafei shi wu kuai qian. 一杯啤酒是八块五毛, ba kuai wu mao.
S: And ten mao MAO mao make one kuai.
M: Yi bei kafei shi wu kuai. Yi bei pijiu shi ba kuai wu mao.
S: So, liang bei kafei he liang bei pijiu, shi duoshao qian?
M: And the answer is? 二十七块, twenty-seven kuai, er shi qi kuai.
S: You all got it right. Na hen hao! You’re all very clever, 你们都很聪明, nimen dou hen congming!
M: Wonderful. We’re all so clever! 我们都这么聪明, women dou zheme congming.
S: We can quickly learn the Pinyin for ‘so’ and ‘clever’. ‘So’ 这么 ZHEME zheme. 聪明 CONG MING congming, congming.
M: “So clever’, 这么聪明， zheme congming. You guys at home, don’t be modest, say, ‘I’m so clever!’
S: Dui le. Wo zheme congming!
M: So modest! Now say, ‘so good!’ ….. Dui le. 这么好 zheme hao!
S: Enough of this, let’s get to the money!
M: 好主意，good idea, hao zhuyi.
S: Question. How many mao mao, in one kuai?
M: Dui, 十个，ten of them, shi ge.
S: Right. Tea, the stuff you drink, is cha CHA cha. Like in ‘a cup of tea’.
M: Coffee, we know is kafei KA FEI kafei. Like in 两杯咖啡, liang bei kafei.
S: We also know iced tea, bingcha.
M: And cola, kele.
S: And what is pijiu? Dui le, beer.
M: Now it’s homework time. First question. 一杯茶是四块钱, yi bei cha shi si kuai qian. 五杯茶是多少钱，五杯茶是多少钱？
S: Second question.
M: Yi bei kafei shi wu kuai qian. Yi bei kele shi liu kuai qian. 三杯咖啡和三杯可乐是多少钱? San bei kafei he san bei kele shi duo shao qian?
S: Hao. Two questions. 两个问题，liang ge wenti.
M: Answers next time. Zai jian.