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羊年行大运

羊年行大运
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ID: 2638 Advanced
中文的同音字、谐音字有时候真让学中文的人头疼，但同时，中国人又很爱用同音、谐音开玩笑。除此之外，许多祝福和禁忌的产生也跟声音有关，今天的课程要让大家认识许多跟十二生肖有关的成语和吉祥话，听这一课，可以用上十二年，是不是很划算呢？赶快来瞧瞧吧！
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
羊年行大运
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一转眼 yīzhuǎnyǎn in the blink of an eye
接下来 jiē xiàlái next
唠叨 láodao to prattle on
掰 bāi to posit
怎么一转眼又要过年了感觉今年过得特别快
zěnme 怎么yīzhuǎnyǎn 一转眼yòu yào 又要guònián le 过年了gǎnjué 感觉jīnnián 今年guò de 过得tèbié 特别kuài 快
How is it Chinese New Year again already! It feels like this year has flown by.
大概是因为今年是马年马儿跑得快嘛接下来是羊年应该会好一点儿
dàgài 大概shì 是yīnwèi 因为jīnnián 今年shì 是mǎnián 马年mar3 马儿pǎo 跑de 得kuài 快ma 嘛jiē xiàlái 接下来shì 是yángnián 羊年yīnggāi 应该huì 会hǎo 好yīdiǎnr 一点儿
Probably because this year was the Year of the Horse, horses run really quickly, no? Next it will be the Year of the Goat, so it will be a little better.
嘿我不过唠叨一下日子过得太快你倒是给我掰出这不是道理的道理难道猪年还会过得特别慢吗还是兔年大家都特别能跳
hēi 嘿wǒ 我bùguò 不过láodao 唠叨yīxià 一下rìzi 日子guò 过de 得tài kuài 太快nǐ 你dào 倒shì 是gěi 给wǒ 我bāichū 掰出zhè 这bùshì 不是dàolǐ 道理de 的dàolǐ 道理nándào 难道zhūnián 猪年hái 还huì 会guò 过de 得tèbié 特别màn 慢ma 吗háishì 还是tùnián 兔年dàjiā 大家dōu 都tèbié 特别néng 能tiào 跳
Hey! All I was saying was that the days were going by fast, and you come out with this bizarre logic, does that mean the Year of the Pig goes especially slow? Or that everyone can jump better in the Year of the Rabbit?
开个玩笑嘛何必这么认真大家都知道这些动物是搭配着咱们老祖宗发明的干支纪年法来的十二地支对应到十二种动物
kāigewánxiào 开个玩笑ma 嘛hébì 何必zhème 这么rènzhēn 认真dàjiā 大家dōu 都zhīdào 知道zhèxiē 这些dòngwù 动物shì 是dāpèi 搭配zhe 着zánmen 咱们lǎo zǔzōng 老祖宗fāmíng 发明de 的gānzhī jìniánfǎ 干支纪年法lái 来de 的shíèr dìzhī 十二地支duìyìng 对应dào 到shí èr 十二zhǒng 种dòngwù 动物
I was only joking around, why are you being so serious? Everyone knows that these twelve animals go along with the Stems-and-Branches cycle used by our ancestors to record years, each of the 12 earthly branches corresponds to an animal.
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