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ID: 2915
Intermediate
If you've been working all day, the last thing you want to come home to find is your partner kicking back watching television on the sofa when there are chores to be done and food to prepared.
Listen to this argument between a couple, and how the man savvily uses some classical Chinese forms of address to try and make peace with his wife by calling here an Empress!
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 烧水 | shāoshuǐ | to boil water | |
| 沙发 | shāfā | sofa | |
| 歇 | xiē | to rest | |
| 一会儿 | yīhuǐr | a while |
回到家也不帮忙洗个菜烧个水就知道躺在沙发上看电视
huídàojiā 回到家yě 也bù 不bāngmáng 帮忙xǐ 洗gè 个cài 菜shāo 烧gè 个shuǐ 水jiù 就zhīdào 知道tǎng 躺zài 在shāfā 沙发shàng 上kàn diànshì 看电视
You got home and didn't help washing the vegetables or boiling water. I knew you'd be lying on the sofa watching television!
亲爱的我都忙了一天了你就让我歇一会儿呗
qīn ài de 亲爱的wǒ 我dōu 都máng 忙le 了yītiān 一天le 了nǐ 你jiù 就ràng 让wǒ 我xiē 歇yīhuǐr 一会儿bei 呗
Darling, I've been so busy all day, just let me rest for a minute.
噢就只有你上班就只有你累我就不累啊
ò 噢jiù 就zhǐyǒu 只有nǐ 你shàngbān 上班jiù 就zhǐyǒu 只有nǐ 你lèi 累wǒ 我jiù 就bù 不lèi 累ā 啊
Oh, it's only you who has to work, it's only you who is tired, I'm not tired, am I?
哎呀来来来好老婆我帮你按摩按摩你就让我静一静呗
āiyā 哎呀lái lái lái 来来来hǎo 好lǎopó 老婆wǒ 我bāng 帮nǐ 你ànmó 按摩ànmó 按摩nǐ 你jiù 就ràng 让wǒ 我jìng 静yī 一jìng 静bei 呗
Oh no, come, come, my darling wife, if I give you a massage, will you leave me in peace for a while.
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