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Lots of Musical Instruments

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ID: 1564 Elementary
If you've ever played in an orchestra, you may be curious about the Chinese names of some of those musical instruments. No, we don't mean guitar or drums; we're talking violin, tuba, and clarinet. The names are easier than you think. This one is for you, band nerds!
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
同学们 tóngxué men 'fellow classmates'
同学 tóngxué classmate
yǒu to have
hěn very
同学们这里有很多乐器
tóngxué men 同学们zhèlǐ 这里yǒu 有hěn 很duō 多yuèqì 乐器
Students, there's a lot of musical instruments here.
我们来认识一下
wǒmen 我们lái 来rènshi 认识yīxià 一下
Let's familiarize ourselves with them.
这是小提琴
zhè 这shì 是xiǎotíqín 小提琴
This is a violin.
这是大提琴
zhè 这shì 是dàtíqín 大提琴
This is a cello.
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