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ID: 1648
Intermediate
You don't live in modern China without a cell phone (or, as they say in the Old World, "mobile phone"). You can get by without a new-fangled smartphone, but you must be able to send text messages to people. In this Chinese lesson, learn all the essential verbs, and even a key measure word.
Dilu,John
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 短信 | duǎnxìn | text message | |
| 追 | zhuī | to pursue | |
| 垃圾短信 | lājī duǎnxìn | spam text message | |
| 讨厌 | tǎoyàn | to hate |
小汪你今天短信真多是不是在追女孩子
Xiǎo Wāng 小汪nǐ 你jīntiān 今天duǎnxìn 短信zhēn 真duō 多shì bu shì 是不是zài 在zhuī 追nǚháizi 女孩子
Xiao Wang, you've sure gotten a lot of texts today! Are you after a girl, or what?
都是一些垃圾短信烦死了
dōu 都shì 是yīxiē 一些lājī duǎnxìn 垃圾短信fán sǐ le 烦死了
They're all spam texts. It's such a pain!
垃圾短信是挺讨厌的有一次我还收到一条短信说你女儿病了马上给她打一千块钱
lājī duǎnxìn 垃圾短信shì 是tǐng 挺tǎoyàn 讨厌de 的yǒu yī cì 有一次wǒ 我hái 还shōudào 收到yī 一tiáo 条duǎnxìn 短信shuō 说nǐ 你nǚ\'ér 女儿bìng 病le 了mǎshàng 马上gěi 给tā 她dǎ 打yīqiān kuài qián 一千块钱
Spam texts are pretty annoying. One time I even got a text that said, "Your daughter is sick. Hurry and send her 1,000 kuai."
我妈也收到过你猜我妈怎么做
wǒ 我mā 妈yě 也shōudào 收到guo 过nǐ 你cāi 猜wǒ 我mā 妈zěnme 怎么zuò 做
My mom has gotten that one before. Guess what my mom did.
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