Paying Child Support
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ID: 0520
Upper Intermediate
Divorce and child custody is becoming a more common topic of conversation in China in recent years. In this podcast, listen in as one divorcé talks about the issues that inevitably come along with divorce when children are involved--child custody and support payments, and learn how to talk about these issues in Mandarin Chinese.
Jenny, John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 伤脑筋 | shāng nǎojīn | bothersome | |
| 理智 | lǐzhì | rational | |
| 协议 | xiéyì | agreement | |
| 判 | pàn | to sentence |
哎最近日子不好过啊
āi 哎zuìjìn 最近rìzi 日子bù 不hǎo 好guò 过a 啊
(Sigh) Lately things have not been going well.
是离婚的事吗
shì 是líhūn 离婚de 的shì 事ma 吗
Is it your divorce?
对啊真伤脑筋只怪我当时被爱情冲昏了头什么都没考虑清楚就结婚了你谈恋爱的时候可一定要理智
duì a 对啊zhēn 真shāng nǎojīn 伤脑筋zhǐ 只guài 怪wǒ 我dāngshí 当时bèi 被àiqíng 爱情chōnghūn le 冲昏了tóu 头shénme 什么dōu 都méi 没kǎolǜ 考虑qīngchu 清楚jiù 就jiéhūn le 结婚了nǐ 你tán liànài 谈恋爱de 的shíhou 时候kě 可yīdìng 一定yào 要lǐzhì 理智
That's right. I'm really at a loss. I only have myself to blame for being muddleheaded by love. I hadn't thought anything over clearly and just went and got married. When you are dating you definitely need to be rational.
放心吧对了你们是协议离婚还是法院判的
fàngxīn 放心ba 吧duì le 对了nǐmen 你们shì 是xiéyì 协议líhūn 离婚háishi 还是fǎyuàn 法院pàn 判de 的
Don't worry. Oh, did you get a consensual divorce, or was it a contested divorce?
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