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Forbidden Palace Love Hotel!

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ID: 3093 Upper Intermediate
A girlfriend finds out her partner has had a possible affair by checking his WeChat account and finding out he spent the night in a Forbidden Palace themed love hotel room. She vows to get to the bottom of it.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
无精打采 wújīngdǎcǎi in low spirits
导致 dǎozhì to result in
精神不济 jīngshén bújì to have no energy
搞不好 gǎobuhǎo perhaps; maybe
你怎么无精打采的该不会是昨天晚上忙着约会才导致今天精神不济的吧我给你泡壶茶
nǐ 你zěnme 怎么wújīngdǎcǎi 无精打采de 的gāi 该bùhuì 不会shì 是zuótiān wǎnshang 昨天晚上máng zhe 忙着yuēhuì 约会cái 才dǎozhì 导致jīntiān 今天jīngshén 精神bùjì 不济de 的ba 吧wǒ 我gěi 给nǐ 你pào 泡hú 壶chá 茶
Why do you look so lifeless? I bet the reason your so tired today is because you were busy out on your date last night, right? I'll make a pot of tea for you.
昨天...昨天晚上我男友刚出差回来我不小心发现他微信里头有跟别人暧昧的对话...
zuótiān 昨天. .. .. .zuótiān wǎnshang 昨天晚上wǒ 我nányǒu 男友gāng 刚chūchāi 出差huílai 回来wǒ 我bù 不xiǎoxīn 小心fāxiàn 发现tā 他wēixìn 微信lǐ 里tóu 头yǒu 有gēn 跟biérén 别人àimèi 暧昧de 的duìhuà 对话. .. .. .
Yesterday...when my boyfriend came home from his business trip last night, I accidentally found flirtatious conversations between him and someone else on his WeChat...
什么告诉我这不是真的那他写了什么搞不好只是很好的朋友男人有几个红粉知己很正常也许是你想多了
shénme 什么gàosu 告诉wǒ 我zhè 这bùshì 不是zhēnde 真的nà 那tā 他xiě 写le 了shénme 什么gǎobuhǎo 搞不好zhǐshì 只是hěn hǎo de 很好的péngyou 朋友nánrén 男人yǒu 有jǐ ge 几个hóngfěnzhījǐ 红粉知己hěn 很zhèngcháng 正常yěxǔ 也许shì 是nǐ 你xiǎng 想duō 多le 了
What! Tell me that's not ture! Then...what exactly did he say? They might just be close friends. It's quite normal for a guy to have a couple of close girl-friends. Maybe you're over thinking it?
那个野女人问他那间紫禁城主题的宾馆一晚多少钱他肯定趁出差的时候背着我做了见不得人的事
nàge 那个yěnǚrén 野女人wèn 问tā 他nà 那jiān 间Zǐjìnchéng 紫禁城zhǔtí 主题de 的bīnguǎn 宾馆yī 一wǎn 晚duōshǎo qián 多少钱tā 他kěndìng 肯定chèn 趁chūchāi 出差de shíhou 的时候bēizhe 背着wǒ 我zuò 做le 了jiànbude rén 见不得人de 的shì 事
That hussy asked him "how much was the forbidden palace themed (love) hotel per night?". I bet he did something absolutely despicable when he was away for work.
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