Romantic Movies and Real Life
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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 2003
Upper Intermediate
We all love a romantic chick-flick every now and then, but for some women it becomes a problem: they expect every man to live up to their Ryan Gosling/ Zhou Yumin/Seth Rogen-sized expectations, and it sometimes grates on their partners. In today's upper-intermediate lesson, learn all about to discuss Cheesy-Movie-Relationship-Damaging Syndrome (OK, we made that up) in Chinese.
Jenny,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 趁 | chèn | to take advantage of (conditions or an opportunity) | |
| 打吊瓶 | dǎdiàopíng | IV drip | |
| 垫 | diàn | to place under, to cushion | |
| 热水袋 | rèshuǐdài | hot water bottle |
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hèng 哼
Hmph!
老婆怎么生气了趁热喝粥吧
lǎopó 老婆zěnme 怎么shēngqì 生气le 了chèn 趁rè 热hēzhōu 喝粥ba 吧
Why are you upset, dear? Eat the porridge while it's hot.
我生病你也不好好照顾我我想吃粥你也不给我煮我不要吃买的不干净不卫生
wǒ 我shēngbìng 生病nǐ 你yě 也bù 不hǎohāo 好好zhàogu 照顾wǒ 我wǒ 我xiǎng 想chī 吃zhōu 粥nǐ 你yě 也bù 不gěi 给wǒ 我zhǔ 煮wǒ 我bù 不yào 要chī 吃mǎi 买de 的bù 不gānjìng 干净bù 不wèishēng 卫生
I'm sick and you don't even take good care of me. When I want to eat porridge you won't even make it for me. I don't want to eat store-bought porridge; it's dirty and unsanitary!
我这不是忙嘛回来再煮就不早了
wǒ 我zhè 这bùshì 不是máng 忙ma 嘛huílai 回来zài 再zhǔ 煮jiù 就bù 不zǎo 早le 了
Don't you know I'm busy? If I came back and cooked it it'd take ages.
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