Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 170 -- Conversation 1 from a Chinese movie

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 170 –  Conversation 1 from a Chinese movie 

Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we talked about brag in Chinese, today, we will learn a conversation from a Chinese movie—不见不散 ( bú jiàn bú sàn).

bú jiàn bú sàn

 不  见   不  散 ( Be There or Be Square )

Man1:  Hello, duì bù qǐ, wǒ yǒu yī gè hǎo xiāo xī gěi nǐ.

            Hello,   对 不  起, 我   有  一 个   好    消   息  给 你。

            (Hello, excuse me, I have good news for you.)

Woman: duì bù qǐ, duì bù qǐ, wǒ tīng bù dǒng English.

                 对 不 起,   对 不  起, 我   听   不    懂    English.

                (Sorry, sorry, I do not understand English.)

Man1: wǒ jiào huò huá dé, huān yíng nǐ dào wǒ men měi guó lái.

              我   叫   霍    华   德， 欢     迎   你  到   我    们    美   国  来。

            nǐ men zhōng guó de cài hěn hào chī.

            你   们      中      国   的  菜   很    好   吃。

            (I am Howard, Welcome to the USA. Chinese food is

             delicious.)

Woman:  nǐ shì liú yuán ba?

                你  是  刘   元    吧？(Are you Liu Yuan?)

Woman:  liǎng nián qián nǐ huí běi jīng, nǐ hē duō le nà cì.

                   两     年      前   你  回   北   京,   你 喝   多  了 那 次。

                (Two years ago when you went back to Beijing,

                  you drank a lot that time)

Man1:  nǎ cì  a?

             哪 次啊？(Which time?)

Man1:  wǒ huí běi jīng yī gè duō yuè, nǎ yī tiān bù hē duō de.

             我   回  北   京   一 个    多   月，哪一  天    不  喝   多  的。

             ( I was in Beijing for more than one month, and I

              drank a lot every day.)

Woman:  liú xiǎo diàn qǐng chī fàn, nèi tiān chī de shì

                 刘   小     淀     请    吃  饭， 那   天    吃  的  是

                shàng hǎi cài.

                    上     海  菜

               ( Liu Xiaodian invited you for dinner that day, and we

                 had Shanghai food. )

Man1:  ó, duì duì duì, shì yǒu nà me yī cì, nǐ lái wǎn le.

           哦,  对   对   对,  是    有  那  么 一 次, 你 来   晚 了。

            (Oh, yes, yes, yes, I remember that time, you were late.)

            kě wǒ jì dé nà nǚ de tǐng hēi tǐng pàng ya.

            可  我 记得  那  女  的  挺   黑   挺      胖   呀。

            (But I remember that girl was dark and fat)

Woman:  tǐng hēi tǐng pàng nà shì liú xiǎo diàn, wǒ jiù zuò tā

                  挺   黑    挺      胖    那  是  刘   小     淀，我   就   坐  她

                pang biān. xiǎng qǐ lái le ma?

                   旁     边。   想    起 来 了  吗？

                (That was Liu Xiaodian. I was sitting next to her.

                 Remember?)

Women:  nǐ kě zhēn gòu méi liáng xīn de.  nèi tiān nǐ hē duō le,

                你 可    真    够    没     良    心  的。那   天   你 喝   多  了，

                (You are really ungrateful. You drank a lot that day.)

                hái shì wǒ men bǎ nǐ sòng huí jiā de ne. chū zū 

                 还  是   我   们   把  你    送    回  家  的 呢。出   租   

                (It was us who sent you home.)

                chē shàng nǐ hái tǔ wǒ yī shēn ne.

                   车   上     你  还  吐  我 一   身    呢。

                (You threw up all over me in the taxi.)

Man 2:  tā kěn dìng a hái wǎng nǐ shǒu shàng xiě diàn huà hào

             他  肯     定  啊 还     往    你    手       上      写   电      话   号

             mǎ lái zhe.

             码  来   着。

             (He might write his phone number on your hand.)

Woman:  duì.

                 对。(Yes.)

Man2:  ér qiě huán yī biān xiě yī biān shuō:“mèi mei, shén me

            而  且    还   一   边    写 一   边     说：“妹    妹， 什    么

             shí hòu zǒu liǎo dān, xiǎng zhe nǐ zài měi guó hái yǒu

               时    候   走   了    单，   想     着  你  在   美   国    还   有

             yī gē.”

             一 哥。(And as he wrote he also said :”Little sister, 

             whenever you end up alone, please remember that you

             still have a big brother in USA.”)

Woman:  nèi tiān méi nǐ ya, nǐ zěn me zhī dào de?

                  那   天    没  你 呀, 你  怎   么  知   道   的？

                (You weren’t even there, how could you know?)

Man2:  tā yī hē duō le, jiù wǎng nǚ hái ér shǒu xīn lǐ xiě diàn

            他 一 喝   多 了,  就    往    女  孩  儿    手    心  里  写   电

            huà hào mǎ.

              话   号   码。

            (He always writes his number on a girl’s hand when he is

             drunk.)

Man1:  shuō zhèng shì er, shuō zhèng shì er.

                说       正     事  儿， 说       正      事 儿。

            (Let’s talk about business, talk about business.)

Woman:  shén me zhèng shì er?

                    什   么     正       事 儿？(What business?)

Man1:  tā men shì cóng běi jīng lái de shè zhì zǔ. yǐ qián wǒ men

            他   们    是     从    北   京   来  的   摄   制  组, 以   前   我   们

            dōu rèn shí, gēn liú xiǎo diàn yě rèn shí.  xiǎng zài nǐ men

             都    认   识,   跟   刘   小     淀   也  认   识。   想     在  你  们

            zhè'er pāi chǎng xì.

              在儿   拍      场   戏。

             (They are a film crew from Beijing. We knew each other

               before, and they also know Liu Xiaodian. They want to

               shoot  a scene here.)

Woman:  pāi xì? yōu, nà kě bù xíng.

                 拍戏？  呦，那  可  不   行。

                (Shoot a scene? No way.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xièxiè!

谢谢 ! (Thanks!)

xiàcìjiàn

下次见!  (See you next time!)