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A Bad Hand at Mahjong

A Bad Hand at Mahjong
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ID: 2738 Upper Intermediate
You can't be a student of the Chinese language and not know how to play mahjong. Listen to four friends play mahjong and learn some key mahjong terms and some very useful phrases about luck.
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
A Bad Hand at Mahjong
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
把 bǎ a hand (at mahjong)
说大话 shuō dàhuà to talk big
旺 wàng prosperous
郁闷 yùmèn miserable; melancholy
大饼
dàbǐng 大饼
The one of circles!
一筒是吧胡了
yìtǒng 一筒shì ba 是吧hú 胡le 了
You mean the one of dots? I win this hand!
什么太邪门了你胡我三把了白板你也胡大饼你也胡哪有这种事
shénme 什么tài 太xiémén 邪门le 了nǐ 你hú 胡wǒ 我sān 三bǎ 把le 了báibǎn 白板nǐ 你yě 也hú 胡dàbǐng 大饼nǐ 你yě 也hú 胡nǎyǒu 哪有zhèzhǒng 这种shì 事
What? I smell a rat, you've won three hands! You won with white dragons and with the one of dots. How is that possible?
老李啊你从第一把自摸以后就一直放炮要不要下桌休息一下
Lǎo Lǐ 老李ā 啊nǐ 你cóng 从dì yī 第一bǎ 把zìmō 自摸yǐhòu 以后jiù 就yìzhí 一直fàngpào 放炮yào 要bú yào 不要xià 下zhuō 桌xiūxi yíxià 休息一下
Lao Li, your discards have been helping people win hands since the first self-pick. Do you want to leave the table for a while to rest?
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