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雾霾 A Smog Occupation

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ID: 2878 Advanced
雾霾不仅是国际会议桌上的一纸议案，而是与老百姓的生活息息相关的事，雾霾天还是得冒着吸入众多污染物的危险出门工作，市井小民也只能苦中作乐，期望有一天领导们能找出两全其美的好办法了。 Photo by LWYang
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忽悠 hūyou to dupe
攻占 gōngzhàn to invade and occupy
雾霾 wùmái smog
红色预警 hóngsè yùjǐng red alert
宝贝该起床了再不起来你上班要迟到了
bǎobèir 宝贝gāi 该qǐchuáng 起床le 了zài 再bù 不qǐlái 起来nǐ 你shàngbān 上班yào 要chídào 迟到le 了
Darling, it's time to get up, if you don't get up now you'll be late for work.
现在窗外还是漆黑一片估计都没到四点呢你又想忽悠我
xiànzài 现在chuāngwài 窗外háishì 还是qīhēi 漆黑yīpiàn 一片gūjì 估计dōu 都méi 没dào 到sì diǎn 四点ne 呢nǐ 你yòu 又xiǎng 想hūyou 忽悠wǒ 我
It's still pitch black outside, it can't be even 4am yet, are you messing with me again?
你自己看看手机吧现在已经早上八点了
nǐzìjǐ 你自己kàn kan 看看shǒujī 手机ba 吧xiànzài 现在yǐjīng 已经zǎoshang 早上bādiǎn 八点le 了
Look at your phone yourself, it's already 8am.
喔还真是八点了今天这天是怎么了还这么黑外星人攻占地球了吗
ō 喔hái 还zhēn 真shì 是bādiǎn 八点le 了jīntiān 今天zhètiān 这天shì 是zěnmele 怎么了hái 还zhème 这么hēi 黑wàixīngrén 外星人gōng 攻zhàn 占dìqiú 地球le 了ma 吗
Huh? It really is 8am. What's up with the sky today, why is it still so dark, have aliens invaded the earth?
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