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A Leggy Joke

A Leggy Joke
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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 1854 Intermediate
You know you've reached a certain level of language proficiency when you can crack jokes with ease in the target language. For those of you who may be nervous about attempting such a feat (or who just don't know any good jokes!), ChinesePod is here to help with a joke from our own personal archives. Be sure to let us know how the joke is received by all of your Chinese friends!
Dilu,John
A Leggy Joke
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
期末考试 qīmò kǎoshì final exam
考 kǎo to test
生物 shēngwù biology
道 dào [measure word]
今天小强期末考试考生物有一道题非常难
jīntiān 今天Xiǎoqiáng 小强qīmò kǎoshì 期末考试kǎo 考shēngwù 生物yǒu 有yī 一dào 道tí 题fēicháng 非常nán 难
Today is Xiao Qiang's final exam. It's the biology exam, and one question is especially difficult.
是看鸟的脚猜鸟的名字
shì 是kàn 看niǎo 鸟de 的jiǎo 脚cāi 猜niǎo 鸟de 的míngzi 名字
It's looking at birds' feet and guessing the birds' names.
小强想啊想实在想不出答案
Xiǎoqiáng 小强xiǎng 想a 啊xiǎng 想shízài 实在xiǎngbuchū 想不出dá\'àn 答案
Xiao Qiang thinks about it and thinks about it, but can't come up with the answer.
他非常生气站起来准备离开教室
tā 他fēicháng 非常shēngqì 生气zhàn qǐlai 站起来zhǔnbèi 准备líkāi 离开jiàoshì 教室
He's really angry, stands up, and is about to leave the classroom.
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