Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Mandarin Chinese-- Lesson 46 (Thanksgiving and Christmas in Chinese)

      Chinese Language Learning Program
     Lesson 46 – Thanksgiving and Christmas in Chinese


Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time, we talked about answering the telephone in Chinese. Today, we are going to talk about Thanksgiving and Christmas in mandarin Chinese.

gǎn ēn jié                                 huǒ jī
    (Thanksgiving)        (turkey)
                    
gǎn ēn jié dà cān 
        (Thanksgiving dinner) 

gǎn ēn jié kuài lè
          (Happy Thanksgiving!)

nǐ gǎn ēn jié zěn me guò
       怎 么   过?
(How Will you Spend your Thanksgiving Day?)

jīn nián yì nián lǐ wǒ men xū yào gǎn xiè
今 年          们 需 要 感 谢 
de dōu yǒu shén me ne
  都 有  什 么   
(What should we give our thanks for this year?)

shèng dàn jié                         lǐ wù
  圣     (Christmas)  (present, gift)

shèng dàn jié kuài lè
    圣           乐!(Merry Christmas!) 

shèng dàn lǎo rén                          xùn lù
   圣          (Santa Claus)     鹿 (reindeer)

xuě qiāo                shèng dàn shù      
  雪 橇 (sledge)       圣 诞 树(Christmas tree)        

xià xuě               hè kǎ                              běi  jí
下 雪 (snow)    (greeting card)     (arctic)

yān cōng                   bāo zhuāng lǐ wù
 烟  (chimney)    包    装    (wrap gift)

shèng dàn jié nǐ xiǎng yào shén me lǐ wù
 圣          想   要  什 
(What do you want for Christmas?) 
 
shèng dàn zhuāng shì pǐn
                       (Christmas Decorations)
   
shèng dàn jié shì měi nián de 12 yuè 25 hào.
圣           每 年   12     25  号。
(Christmas is on December 25 every year.)

shèng dàn jié de yóu lái shì shén me
                是  什 么
(What is the origin Christmas?)

 hé yē sū chū shēng yǒu guān ma
      出    生  有       吗?
(Is this holiday related to the birth of Jesus?)

shèng dàn yuàn wàng shì shén me
    圣   诞  愿   望  是  什 么?
(What is your Christmas wish?)

xǔ yuàn                        shèng dàn gē
    (Make a wish)     圣      (Christmas song)

liè yí gè shèng dàn yuàn wàng qīng dān
 圣    诞  愿   望   清  单。
(Make a Christmas wish list.) 

shèng dàn jié yóu xì /diàn yǐng
 圣          /  电  (Christmas game/movie) 
 
shèng dàn wǎn huì
 圣   诞 晚 会 (Christmas evening party)
 
shèng dàn qián yè 
     圣 诞  前 夜(Christmas Eve.)
 
Today’s idiom is “zhòng guā de guāzhòng dòu de dòu. (种瓜得瓜,种豆得豆。)”---means “As a man sows, so he shall reap.

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That is all for today. We will have a quiz in our next class. If you have time, please review our previous lessons. Good luck!

xiè  xiè 
    (Thanks!)

xià   cì   jiàn 
       ! (See you next time!)

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