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Festive Fatness

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ID: 2880 Intermediate
"Freshman 15" is an expression commonly used in the United States and Canada that refers to the 15lb of weight gained during a student's first year at college. We asked ourselves, is there a similar saying in Chinese. We found one in relation to the weight gain experienced after Chinese New Year. Rather than 15lb, it is 3斤 which is about 1.5kg or 4pounds. Tune in to find out how they got this festive fatness. Photo by 紫流
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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假期 jiàqī vacation
结束 jiéshù to finish
希望 xīwàng hope
变成 biànchéng change
哎春节假期这么快就结束啦
āi 哎chūnjié 春节jiàqī 假期zhème 这么kuài 快jiù 就jiéshù 结束la 啦
Agh, Spring Festival vacation is over so quickly!
可不是吗真希望以后的春节假期可以从七天变成十五天
kěbushì 可不是ma 吗zhēn 真xīwàng 希望yǐhòu 以后de 的chūnjié 春节jiàqī 假期kěyǐ 可以cóng 从qī 七tiān 天biàn 变chéng 成shíwǔ 十五tiān 天
You're not wrong! I really hope that the Spring Festival will go from 7 days to 15 days in the future.
哈哈希望美梦成真对了春节都做了什么呢
hāhā 哈哈xīwàng 希望měimèngchéngzhēn 美梦成真duì 对le 了chūnjié 春节dōu 都zuò 做le 了shénme 什么ne 呢
Ha ha, I hope that dream can come true. Oh yeah, what did you do for Spring Festival?
嗨春节就一直忙着吃
hāi 嗨chūnjié 春节jiù 就yīzhí 一直máng 忙zhe 着chī 吃
Huh, I busied myself eating during Spring Festival.
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