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ID: 1270 Intermediate
The competition is heating up as the judges decide to throw musical instruments into the talent show mix. Learn the Chinese words for playing various instruments, and be sure you know what "PK" means. (And you thought all Chinese words were written in characters?)
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
评委 píngwěi judge
讨论 tǎolùn to discuss
结果 jiéguǒ results
建议 jiànyì to advise
欢迎回来评委老师们讨论好了吗
huānyíng 欢迎huílai 回来píngwěi 评委lǎoshī 老师men 们tǎolùn 讨论hǎo le 好了ma 吗
Welcome back! Judges, are you finished discussing?
讨论好了结果是兰兰和唐兵PK
tǎolùn 讨论hǎo le 好了jiéguǒ 结果shì 是Lánlan 兰兰hé 和Táng Bīng 唐兵PK PK
We're finished. The result is an elimination round between Lanlan and Tang Bing.
PK好啊不过我有一个建议让他们PK乐器怎么样
PK PKhǎo 好a 啊bùguò 不过wǒ 我yǒu 有yī 一ge 个jiànyì 建议ràng 让tāmen 他们PK PKyuèqì 乐器zěnmeyàng 怎么样
An elimination round! Great! But I have a suggestion. Let's have them battle it out with instruments. How about that?
我同意
wǒ 我tóngyì 同意
I agree.
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