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ID: 0440 Advanced
同样的一个字,可能有两个或三个不一样的读音,这是汉语的一个特点。但是这也是学习汉语的人会遇到的一个难点。在你的学习过程中,你有没有遇到多音字?你是怎么分辨多音字的正确发音的呢?
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对联 duìlián paired written couplet
白学 bái xué to study in vain
学以致用 xuéyǐzhìyòng to study in order to use
妄自菲薄 wàngzìfěibó to underestimate one's own abilities
咦你家门上的对联真奇怪上联是七个长字下联也是七个长字这是什么意思啊
yí 咦nǐ 你jiā 家mén 门shàng 上de 的duìlián 对联zhēn 真qíguài 奇怪shànglián 上联shì 是qī 七ge 个cháng 长zì 字xiàlián 下联yě shì 也是qī 七ge 个cháng 长zì 字zhè 这shì 是shénme 什么yìsi 意思ā 啊
Hey, the couplet on your door is really strange. The first half is all made of the character ''Chang," and the second half is, too. What's the big idea?
哈哈不知道了吧我家是做豆芽生意的所以这对联应该这样读长长长长长长长长长长长长长长意思是希望豆芽长得又粗又长增加产量这样才能多赚钱
hāhā 哈哈bù zhīdào le 不知道了ba 吧wǒ 我jiā 家shì 是zuò 做dòuyá 豆芽shēngyi 生意de 的suǒyǐ 所以zhè 这duìlián 对联yīnggāi 应该zhèyàng 这样dú 读cháng zhǎng cháng zhǎng chángcháng zhǎng 长长长长长长长zhǎng cháng zhǎng cháng zhǎngzhang cháng 长长长长长长长yìsi 意思shì 是xīwàng 希望dòuyá 豆芽zhǎng de 长得yòu 又cū 粗yòu 又cháng 长zēngjiā 增加chǎnliàng 产量zhèyàng 这样cáinéng 才能duō zhuànqián 多赚钱
Ha ha, you're stumped, right? We sell bean sprouts. So the couplet should be read like this: ''chang zhang chang zhang chang chang zhang, zhang chang zhang chang zhang zhang chang.'' The point is that we hope the bean sprouts will grow long and thick, and there will be a lot. That's the only way we'll make more money.
对呀我怎么忘了长是多音字了既可以读成长短的长也可以读成长大的长啊唉真是白学了你看都不能学以致用
duìyā 对呀wǒ 我zěnme 怎么wàng le 忘了cháng 长shì 是duōyīnzì 多音字le 了jì kěyǐ 既可以dú chéng 读成chángduǎn 长短de 的cháng 长yě 也kěyǐ 可以dú chéng 读成zhǎngdà 长大de 的zhǎng 长ā 啊āi 唉zhēnshì 真是báixué le 白学了nǐ 你kàn 看dōu 都bùnéng 不能xuéyǐzhìyòng 学以致用
Oh, right, how could I forget that the character ''chang" has multiple readings? It can be read as ''chang," like in the word for ''length," or as ''zhang" as in ''to grow up." Agh, I studied for nothing. Look, we can't study what we need to know.
你也别太妄自菲薄了其实这只是一个文字游戏很多中国人也读不准确呢
nǐ 你yě 也bié 别tài 太wàngzìfěibó 妄自菲薄le 了qíshí 其实zhè 这zhǐshì 只是yī 一ge 个wénzìyóuxì 文字游戏hěn duō 很多zhōngguórén 中国人yě 也dú 读bù zhǔnquè 不准确ne 呢
Don't underestimate yourself. Actually, this is just a word game. A lot of Chinese people wouldn't be able to read it correctly.
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