Day 74 Sàiwēng shī mǎ II - The Horse Proverb
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Chinese: 回家 (Go home.)
COE: Back home
Pinyin: Huíjiā
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Chinese: 另一匹马 (Another horse)
COE: Another a horse
Pinyin: Lìng yì pǐ mǎ
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Chinese: 是好事还是坏事? (Is it a good thing or bad thing?)
COE: Is good thing or bad thing?
Pinyin: Shì hǎoshì háishì huàishì?
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Chinese: 这是一件好事，不是坏事。(It is a good thing, and not a bad thing.)
COE: It is a good thing, not is bad thing.
Pinyin: Zhè shì yíjiàn hǎoshì, búshì huàishì.
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Examples:
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今天是几号？(Jīntiān shì jǐhào?)
[What is the date today?]
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今天天气真好！(Jīntiān tiānqì zhēn hǎo!)
[It is a nice day today!]
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今天外面很冷！(Jīntiān wàimiàn hěn lěng!)
[It is cold outside today.]
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塞翁的马回家了。(Sāiwēng de mǎ huíjiā le.)
[Saiweng’s horse came back home.]
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A: 是好事还是坏事? (Shì hǎoshì háishi huàishì.)
[Is it a good thing or bad thing?]
B: 是坏事。(Shì huàishì.)
[It is bad thing.]
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A: 你呢，Kate？(Nǐ ne,Kate?)
[Kate, what do you think?]
B: 是好事。( Shì hǎoshì.)
[It is good thing.]
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A：你呢？坏事还是好事？(Nǐ ne? Huàishì háishi hǎoshì?)
[What do you think? Is it a bad thing or good thing?]
B：是好事。(Shì hǎoshì.)
[It is good thing.]
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A：我是老师，不是学生。明兰，你呢？你是学生吗？(Wǒ shì lǎoshī, búshì xuéshēng. Mínglán, nǐ ne? Nǐ shì xuésheng ma?)
[I am a teacher, not a student. How about you, Minglan? Are you a student? ]
B：不是老师。
[I am not a teacher.]
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A：你呢, 布鲁斯？你是农民吗？(Nǐ ne, Bùlǔsī? Nǐ shì nóngmín ma?)
[How about you, Bryce? Are you a peasant?)
B：不，我是学生。(Bù, wǒ shì xuésheng.)
[No, I am a student.]
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A: 这是我红色的手机（cell phone）。(Zhèshì wǒ hóngsè de shǒujī.)
[This is my red cell phone.]
B: 这是绿色的橄榄球。(Zhèshì lǜsè de gǎnlǎnqiú.)
[This is a green football.]
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A: 明兰？(Míng lán?)
[Minglan?]
B: 这是我的兰色的笔。(Zhèshì wǒ de lánsè de bǐ.)
[This is my blue pencil.]
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Posted by stephen on October 18th, 2007 filed in Podcasts
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