Lifestyle of foreigners
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ID: 4625
Upper Intermediate
In this lesson, we are going to talk about the difference between foreigners in Shanghai and Beijing!
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 娶 | qǔ | to take a wife | |
| 唐诗 | Tángshī | Tang poetry | |
| 宋词 | sòngcí | lyric poetry | |
| 顶多 | dǐngduō | at most |
娶了中国老婆就连你好都不用学啦更不用提什么唐诗宋词他们顶多学一些好笑的骂人话
qǔ 娶le 了Zhōngguó 中国lǎopó 老婆jiù 就lián 连nǐhǎo 你好dōu 都búyòng 不用xué 学la 啦gèng 更búyòng 不用tí 提shénme 什么Tángshī 唐诗sòngcí 宋词tāmen 他们dǐngduō 顶多xué 学yíxiē 一些hǎoxiào 好笑de 的màrén 骂人huà 话
If you marry a Chinese wife, you don't even need to learn Nihao, let alone any Chinese poems. They would just learn some funny curse words.
我看到上海的老外基本上都会住在自己的老外泡沫里
wǒ 我kàndào 看到Shànghǎi 上海de 的lǎowài 老外jīběnshàng 基本上dōu 都huì 会zhù 住zài 在zìjǐ 自己de 的lǎowài 老外pàomò 泡沫lǐ 里
The foreigners in Shanghai basically live in their own foreigner bubble.
捣浆糊老北京会说泡蘑菇或者侃大山
dǎojiānghú 捣浆糊lǎo 老Běijīng 北京huì 会shuō 说pàomógu 泡蘑菇huòzhě 或者kǎndàshān 侃大山
[dǎo jiāng hú], in Beijing dialect we would say [pào mó gū] or [kǎn dà shān].
那我觉得北京的老外跟上海的老外之间的另一种差别是他们在社交网络上发布的内容
nà 那wǒ 我juéde 觉得Běijīng 北京de 的lǎowài 老外gēn 跟Shànghǎi 上海de 的lǎowài 老外zhījiān 之间de 的lìng 另yīzhǒng 一种chābié 差别shì 是tāmen 他们zài 在shèjiāo 社交wǎngluò 网络shàng 上fābù 发布de 的nèiróng 内容
Another difference between foreigners in Beijing and Shanghai is the content they post on social media network.
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