Designing the New Apartment
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ID: 1346
Upper Intermediate
Tired of making do with rented apartments designed in ways that don't suit your needs? Well today's ChinesePod lesson will cover the basics for designing your new apartment. Get everything you want (or, as the case may be, everything your spouse wants) in your new place!
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 小天地 | xiǎo tiāndì | one's own little world | |
| 毛坯房 | máopīfáng | unrenovated home | |
| 装修 | zhuāngxiū | renovation | |
| 显得 | xiǎnde | to appear as if |
老公我们终于有了自己的小天地了哇毛坯房看上去还挺大的
lǎogōng 老公wǒmen 我们zhōngyú 终于yǒu le 有了zìjǐ de 自己的xiǎo tiāndì 小天地le 了wā 哇máopīfáng 毛坯房kàn shàngqu 看上去hái 还tǐng 挺dà 大de 的
Honey, we finally have our own place. Wow, completely bare, the place looks quite big.
装修完了就显得小啦
zhuāngxiū 装修wán le 完了jiù 就xiǎnde 显得xiǎo 小la 啦
After it's been renovated it'll look smaller.
嗯是啊对了到时候装修的第一锤可得我来敲
ng4 嗯shì a 是啊duì le 对了dào shíhou 到时候zhuāngxiū 装修de 的dì yī chuí 第一锤kě 可děi 得wǒ 我lái 来qiāo 敲
Yeah, for sure. That's right, when it comes time to do the renovation, the first hammer strike definitely has to be mine.
呵呵无所谓啊你看厨房的面积不大要不我们做开放式的吧
hēhē 呵呵wúsuǒwèi 无所谓a 啊nǐ kàn 你看chúfáng 厨房de 的miànjī 面积bù dà 不大yàobu 要不wǒmen 我们zuò 做kāifàngshì 开放式de 的ba 吧
Hehe, that's fine with me. Check it out, the surface area in the kitchen isn't very big. How about we do it open-style?
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