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Do you Have an A4 Waist?

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ID: 2892 Upper Intermediate
Did you hear about the latest trend to hit WeChat. People were uploading pictures of themselves holding A4 sheets of paper up to their waist and posting these selfies onto their Moments feed. Why you ask? Well in order to prove that they have a waist that measures less that 8 inches naturally! Listen to a chat about this crazy social media trend and perhaps try it yourselves at home. Most folks might want to try A3 paper though ;) Photo from the BBC of Yuzhu Ruan
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
遮住 zhēzhù to cover; to mask
小蛮腰 xiǎományāo a waist like that of Xiao Man (concubine to poet Bai Juyi)
难道 nándào can it be that
落伍 luòwǔ behind the times
朋友圈儿里这几天个个都拿A 4纸遮住小蛮腰这是要干嘛难道我又落伍啦
péngyou quānr 朋友圈儿lǐ 里zhè jǐ tiān 这几天gègè 个个dōu 都ná 拿ēisì A 4zhǐ 纸zhēzhù 遮住xiǎományāo 小蛮腰zhè 这shì 是yào 要gànma 干嘛nándào 难道wǒ 我yòu 又luòwǔ 落伍la 啦
Over the last few days everyone on my Moments has taken a sheet of A4 paper to cover their waists, which all look like that of Xiaoman. What for? Am I falling behind the times or something?
有自知之明还是极好的落伍本来就是您老的标签呀哈哈这次她们晒的都是A 4腰
yǒu 有zìzhī zhīmíng 自知之明háishì 还是jí hǎo 极好de 的luòwǔ 落伍běnlái 本来jiùshì 就是nín 您lǎo 老de 的biāoqiān 标签ya 呀hāhā 哈哈zhècì 这次tāmen 她们shài 晒de 的dōu 都shì 是ēisì A 4yāo 腰
At least you know it, we've always labelled you as behind the times! Haha, this time what they're showing off is their A4 waists.
诶诶你这小姑娘给我贴标签哦大叔也可以很时髦的不过这A 4腰到底是什么啊干嘛秀这个
ēi 诶ēi 诶nǐ 你zhè 这xiǎogūniang 小姑娘gěi 给wǒ 我tiē 贴biāoqiān 标签ò 哦dàshū 大叔yě 也kěyǐ 可以hěn 很shímáo 时髦de 的bùguò 不过zhè 这ēisì A 4yāo 腰dàodǐ 到底shì 是shénme 什么ā 啊gànmá 干嘛xiù 秀zhè ge 这个
Ah, ah! A little girl like you sticking labels on me eh? Your uncle can be very fashionable too. But what is this A4 waist? Why are they showing that off?
看吧说您落伍还不服气呢A 4腰顾名思义就是用A4纸遮得住的腰呗这是新一轮儿的好身材评价标准
kàn 看ba 吧shuō 说nín 您luòwǔ 落伍hái 还bù 不fúqì 服气ne 呢ēisì A 4yāo 腰gùmíngsīyì 顾名思义jiùshì 就是yòng 用ēisì A4zhǐ 纸zhē 遮de 得zhù 住de 的yāo 腰bēi 呗zhè 这shì 是xīnyīlúnr 新一轮儿de 的hǎo shēncái 好身材píngjià 评价biāozhǔn 标准
You see, and you didn't like being called behind the times. An A4 waist is exactly what it says, that you can use an A4 sheet of paper to cover your waist. It's a new standard of having a good body.
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