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鲸鱼不是鱼

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ID: 2797 Advanced
熊猫是猫还是熊？明明不是鱼的鲸鱼，在中文里却跟鲤鱼、鲔鱼一样都成了‘鱼’，跟着中文博客的奇想，一起来学一些生物学、分类学的基本词汇，让你跟中国朋友的聊天范围更广更有趣！ Photo Credit: James Niland
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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鸵鸟 tuóniǎo ostrich
喙 huì beak
鲸鱼 jīngyú whale
鳍 qí fin
你认为鸵鸟算是鸟吗
nǐ 你rènwéi 认为tuóniǎo 鸵鸟suàn shì 算是niǎo 鸟ma 吗
Do you think an ostrich counts as a bird?
鸵鸟当然是鸟啊它有翅膀有喙会下蛋并且你看它的名字就叫鸵鸟
tuóniǎo 鸵鸟dāngrán 当然shì 是niǎo 鸟ā 啊tā 它yǒu 有chìbǎng 翅膀yǒu 有huì 喙huì 会xiàdàn 下蛋bìngqiě 并且nǐ 你kàn 看tā de 它的míngzi 名字jiù 就jiào 叫tuóniǎo 鸵鸟
Of course an ostrich is a bird, it has wings, it has a beak, it lays eggs, and, there's even the character for bird in its Chinese name.
那鲸鱼当然是鱼咯它住在水里没有脚有鳍而且名字叫做鲸鱼
nà 那jīngyú 鲸鱼dāngrán 当然shì 是yú 鱼lo 咯tā 它zhùzài 住在shuǐ 水lǐ 里méiyǒu 没有jiǎo 脚yǒu 有qí 鳍érqiě 而且míngzi 名字jiàozuò 叫做jīngyú 鲸鱼
Then a whale is a fish of course? It lives in the water, it has no feet, it has fins and its Chinese name contains the character for fish!
胡说按照生物学的分类鲸鱼是哺乳类因为它用肺呼吸是胎生动物别以为你能唬得了我
húshuō 胡说ànzhào 按照shēngwùxué 生物学de 的fēnlèi 分类jīngyú 鲸鱼shì 是bǔrǔlèi 哺乳类yīnwèi 因为tā 它yòng 用fèi 肺hūxī 呼吸shì 是tāishēngdòngwù 胎生动物bié 别yǐwéi 以为nǐ 你néng 能hǔ 唬dé liǎo 得了wǒ 我
Nonsense, according to taxonomy, whales are mammals, because they breathe with their lungs and they are viviparous, don't think you can fool me.
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