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Yu Gong Festival 愚公节

Yu Gong Festival 愚公节
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ID: 2668 Intermediate
Happy Yu Gong Festival!! This is a huge festival all across Chinese communities all around the world. We hope you have your bags of soil ready!
Gwilym,Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
Yu Gong Festival 愚公节
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愚公移山 YúGōng yíshān Yu Gong Moves the Mountain; fig: if there is a will, there is a way
愚公节 Yú GōngJié Yu Gong Festival
盆栽 pénzāi plant pot with plant
小心 xiǎoxīn to be careful
哇你买了这么大的愚公节盆栽搬的时候小心闪到腰
wā 哇nǐ 你mǎi 买le 了zhème 这么dà 大de 的Yú GōngJié 愚公节pénzāi 盆栽bān 搬de shíhou 的时候xiǎoxīn 小心shǎndàoyāo 闪到腰
Wow. You bought such a large Yu Gong Festival plant pot. Be careful not to strain your back when you are moving it.
去年的愚公节我老公只买了一袋土随随便便就搬开了我觉得没有过节的气氛
qùnián 去年de 的Yú GōngJié 愚公节wǒ 我lǎogōng 老公zhī 只mǎi le 买了yí dài 一袋tǔ 土suísuíbiànbiàn 随随便便jiù 就bānkāi 搬开le 了wǒ 我juéde 觉得méiyǒu 没有guòjié 过节de 的qìfen 气氛
Last year's Yu Gong festival, my husband only bought a bag of soil. He just moved it around without much heart. I really didn't experience the festive spirit.
是啊我去年看到老林他们全家一起搬那个大盆栽很有干劲呢
shì a 是啊wǒ 我qùnián 去年kàndào 看到lǎo Lín 老林tāmen 他们quánjiā 全家yīqǐ 一起bān 搬nàge 那个dà 大pénzāi 盆栽hěnyǒu 很有gànjìn 干劲ne 呢
Yeah. Last year I saw the whole Lin family move that huge plant pot together. They really put their all into it.
这样才表现了愚公移山的精神
zhèyàng 这样cái 才biǎoxiàn 表现le 了Yú Gōngyíshān 愚公移山de 的jīngshén 精神
That's how you show the spirit of "The foolish man that moved the mountain".
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