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怎么包都不对?

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ID: 2634 Advanced
中国新年除了舞龙舞狮的表演，和各种庆祝活动之外，当然包括了与家人团聚、吃年夜饭、发红包等家庭活动，不过谈到了现实面，也许就会带来一些压力了，想知道中国新年的现实面吗？来听听今天的课程吧。
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赶 gǎn to hurry to
讨老婆 tǎo lǎopó to marry a woman
还说呢 hái shuō ne Tell me about it!
提醒 tíxǐng to remind
小吴啊恭喜恭喜赶在年前结了婚人说有钱没钱讨个老婆好过年你现在真的可以好好过年啰
xiǎowú 小吴ā 啊gōngxǐ gōngxǐ 恭喜恭喜gǎn 赶zài 在niánqián 年前jiéle 结了hūn 婚rén 人shuō 说yǒuqián 有钱méi qián 没钱tǎo 讨gè 个lǎopó 老婆hǎo 好guònián 过年nǐ 你xiànzài 现在zhēnde 真的kěyǐ 可以hǎohāo 好好guònián 过年luō 啰
Xiao Wu, congratulations! It's good you got married before the end of the year, you know what people say, "Whether or not you have money, you should get a wife with whom to bring in the new year." Now you can really bring in the new year well.
还说呢才结完婚爸爸妈妈叔叔阿姨一个个都来提醒我结了婚成了家就是个大人了过年可没红包领了反而得准备好红包要发给我的侄儿侄女想到要花这么多钱包红包我忽然间不太想过年了
hái shuō 还说ne 呢cái 才jiéwánhūn 结完婚bàba māma 爸爸妈妈shūshu 叔叔āyí 阿姨yīgègè 一个个dōu 都lái 来tíxǐng 提醒wǒ 我jiéle 结了hūn 婚chénglejiā 成了家jiùshì 就是ge 个dàren 大人le 了guònián 过年kě 可méi 没hóngbāo 红包lǐng 领le 了fǎnér 反而dě 得zhǔnbèi 准备hǎo 好hóngbāo 红包yào 要fāgěi 发给wǒ de 我的zhíér 侄儿zhínǚ 侄女xiǎngdào 想到yào 要huā 花zhème duō 这么多qián 钱bāo 包hóngbāo 红包wǒ 我hūránjiān 忽然间bùtài 不太xiǎng 想guònián 过年le 了
Tell me about it, I've just gotten married and my parents and aunties and uncles all came to me one by one to remind me that after getting married and making a family, I'm a grown-up now, so I won't have red envelopes at new year anymore, now it is me that has to prepare red envelopes for my nephew and nieces. Thinking of all the money I'll have to give out makes me suddenly not so keen to bring in the new year.
开什么玩笑你都出社会工作几年了还在领红包我们家的规矩开始工作就不准领红包了我都快忘了领红包是什么感觉了
kāi shénme wánxiào 开什么玩笑nǐ 你dōu 都chū shèhuì 出社会gōngzuò 工作jǐnián 几年le 了háizài 还在lǐng 领hóngbāo 红包wǒmen 我们jiā 家de 的guīju 规矩kāishǐ 开始gōngzuò 工作jiù 就bù 不zhǔn 准lǐng 领hóngbāo 红包le 了wǒ 我dōu 都kuài 快wàng 忘le 了lǐng 领hóngbāo 红包shì 是shénme 什么gǎnjué le 感觉了
Are you joking? How many years have you been working now? And you're still getting red envelopes? Our family's rule is that as soon as you start working, you can't get a red envelope anymore, I've almost forgotten what it is like to get one.
是吗我们家长辈的观念是结婚以前都是孩子长辈都会发红包的没想到你们家的规矩这么严格
shìma 是吗wǒmen 我们jiā 家zhǎngbèi 长辈de 的guānniàn 观念shì 是jiéhūn 结婚yǐqián 以前dōu 都shì 是háizi 孩子zhǎngbèi 长辈dōuhuì 都会fā 发hóngbāo 红包de 的méixiǎngdào 没想到nǐmen 你们jiā 家de 的guīju 规矩zhème 这么yángé 严格
Really? The older generation of our family considers everyone a child until they get married, so they can still receive a red envelope. I didn't realize your family would have such strict rules.
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