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The God of Thunder

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ID: 2737 Intermediate
It's been thundering a lot recently, so we decided to do a class about the God of Thunder. No, it's not Thor. It is 雷公 léigōng. A bat winged, beaked god who smites people with the help of his wife.
Gwilym,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
打雷 dǎ léi to rumble with thunder
闪电 shǎndiàn lightning
偷偷 tōutōu secretly
交 jiāo to get (a girlfriend or boyfriend)
打雷了好可怕
dǎ léi 打雷le 了hǎo 好kěpà 可怕
A thunder clap! How scary!
你没做坏事怕什么
nǐ 你méi 没zuò huàishì 做坏事pà 怕shénme 什么
You haven't done anything wrong, what are you scared of?
哇你看那么大的闪电要是被打到就惨了
wā 哇nǐ 你kàn 看nàme 那么dà 大de 的shǎndiàn 闪电yàoshì 要是bèi 被dǎ dào 打到jiù 就cǎn 惨le 了
Wow! Look! Such powerful lightning. You would be screwed if you were stuck by that.
做坏事的人才会被雷公打你做了什么坏事啊是不是偷偷交别的女朋友
zuò huàishì 做坏事de 的rén 人cái 才huì 会bèi 被léigōng 雷公dǎ 打nǐ 你zuò 做le 了shénme 什么huàishì 坏事ā 啊shìbushì 是不是tōutōu 偷偷jiāo 交biéde 别的nǚpéngyou 女朋友
Only people who have done bad things are struck down by the God of Thunder, what bad thing have you done? Have you got another girlfriend on the side?
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