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Getting Your Hair Done

Getting Your Hair Done
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ID: 0761 Intermediate
Inspired by actual events: a young woman's twenty-seven traumatic breakdowns after China hair salon debacles. This Chinese lesson is your hair intervention. In this podcast, save yourself from becoming just another casualty of the dreaded over-zealous scissors... avert the blight of bad hairdos, in Mandarin.
Jenny, John
Getting Your Hair Done
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
弄 nòng to do
发型 fàxíng hairstyle
烫 tàng to perm
卷发 juǎnfà curly hair
你好头发想怎么弄
nǐhǎo 你好tóufa 头发xiǎng 想zěnme 怎么nòng 弄
Hello, what would you like done to your hair?
我想换个发型你说我烫卷发好看吗会不会老气
wǒ 我xiǎng 想huàn 换ge 个fàxíng 发型nǐ 你shuō 说wǒ 我tàng 烫juǎnfà 卷发hǎokàn 好看ma 吗huìbuhuì 会不会lǎoqì 老气
I want to change the style. Do you think if I got a perm it would look good? Or would it look old-fashioned?
我觉得你可以烫一个大卷很适合你的脸型不会老气的
wǒ 我juéde 觉得nǐ 你kěyǐ 可以tàng 烫yī 一ge 个dà 大juǎn 卷hěn 很shìhé 适合nǐ 你de 的liǎnxíng 脸型bùhuì 不会lǎoqì 老气de 的
I think you can get some loose curls. It would really suit your shape of face, it won't look old-fashioned.
你觉得我烫直发怎么样
nǐ 你juéde 觉得wǒ 我tàng 烫zhífà 直发zěnmeyàng 怎么样
How about perming it straight, what do you think?
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