Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 125 – A Chinese tongue twister—en and --ing

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 125 – A Chinese tongue twister—en and --ing

Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about Chinese Question Words. Today, we will have a Chinese tongue twister—en and –ing.  

pén hé píng

                                              盆   和    瓶

(Pan and Bottle)

zhuō shàng yǒu gè pén,

                                      桌       上      有   个   盆，

(A pan is on the table)

pén li yǒu gè píng,

                                          盆  里  有   个   瓶，

(there's a bottle in the pan)

pēng pēng pēng,

                                            砰      砰       砰

(bang, bang, bang.)

shì píng pèng pén,

                                          是    瓶     碰      盆

(Is it the bottle hitting the pan,)

hái shì pén pèng píng.

                                      还   是   盆     碰      瓶。

(or the pan hitting the bottle?)

Today’s idiom is:

qí  hǔ nán xià

骑 虎   难   下 (ride a tiger and find it hard to get off; get into a position from which there is no retiring.)

tā fā xiàn zì jǐ yǐ jīng qí hǔ nán xià le.

他发   现  自己已  经  骑 虎  难   下  了。

(He found himself have got into a position from which there was no retiring.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè  xiè!

 谢   谢 ! (Thanks!)

xià  cì  jiàn

 下  次  见!  (See you next time!)