Flowers and Bugs
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ID: 0813
Intermediate
If the title of this lesson conjures up gory images of the tacky floral bedroom curtains so lovingly lent to you by your packrat landlord... or that cockroach you hammered to death last night, then it's time for a little day trip to this podcast. A Chinese lesson for the gardeners amongst us. Whether bonsais are your thing or you're more of a flower child, use your green thumb to click the mouse and learn about them, in Mandarin.
Jenny , John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 养 | yǎng | to raise | |
| 开 | kāi | to open | |
| 只要 | zhǐyào | so long as | |
| 浇水 | jiāoshuǐ | to add water |
哇你养了这么多花真漂亮
wā 哇nǐ 你yǎng 养le 了zhème 这么duō 多huā 花zhēn 真piàoliang 漂亮
Wow, you have so many flowers! They're so beautiful!
等春天花都开的时候更漂亮
děng 等chūntiān 春天huā 花dōu 都kāi 开de shíhou 的时候gèng 更piàoliang 漂亮
Wait until the spring flowers bloom, and it will be even more beautiful!
养花一定很辛苦吧
yǎng 养huā 花yīdìng 一定hěn 很xīnkǔ 辛苦ba 吧
Keeping a garden must be a lot of hard work.
还好只要给它们浇水晒太阳施肥就行了
hái hǎo 还好zhǐyào 只要gěi 给tāmen 它们jiāoshuǐ 浇水shài tàiyáng 晒太阳shīféi 施肥jiù 就xíng le 行了
It's all right, as long as you water it, have sunlight, and fertilize it's enough.
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