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@ 31358 Chinese Zodiac Birth Year
Chinese Zodiac Birth Year HTML
A: 哎，快看前面那個大紅人！
a¯ i, kua`i ka`n qia´nmian na` ge da`ho´ngre´n!
Hey, check out ’Ms. Red’ over there!
B: 哇，紅色的皮衣。
wa¯ , ho´ngse` de p´ıy¯ı.
Wow, red leather.
A: 還有紅色的褲子。
ha´iyoˇu ho´ngse`
And red pants.
de ku`zi.
B: 天啊！鞋子也是紅的。
tia¯ n a! xie´zi yeˇ sh`ı ho´ng de.
Geez! Even her shoes are red.
A: 暈死，從上到下全是紅的。
yu¯ n sˇı, co´ng sha`ng da`o xia` qua´n sh`ı ho´ng de.
Crazy, she’s red from top to bottom.
B: 難道今年是她的本命年？
na´nda`o j¯ınnia´n sh`ı ta¯ de beˇnm`ıngnia´n?
Do you think it’s her zodiac birth year?
A: 也許吧。可是這太誇張了。我本命年的時候什麼
都沒買。
yeˇxuˇ
ba. keˇsh`ı zhe`
ta`i kua¯ zha¯ ng le. woˇ
beˇnm`ıngnia´n de
sh´ıhou she´nme do¯ u me´i maˇi.
Perhaps. But this is just too much. When it was my zodiac birth year, I didn’t buy anything.
B: 去年是你的本命年？
qu`nia´n sh`ı nˇı de beˇnm`ıngnia´n?
Last year was your zodiac birth year?
A: 對啊。
du`ı a.
That’s right.
B: 難怪你去年運氣那麼差！丟了工作，丟了錢包，
還丟了女朋友。
na´ngua`i nˇı qu`nia´n yu`nqi na`me cha`! diu¯ le go¯ ngzuo`, diu¯ le
qia´nba¯ o, ha´i diu¯
le nuˇ¨ pe´ngyou.
No wonder you had such bad luck last year! Losing your job, your wallet and your girlfriend.
A: 噓！小聲點兒。太丟人了。
xu¯ ! xiaˇoshe¯ ngdiaˇnr. ta`i diu¯ re´n le.
Shh! Speak quieter. I’ll lose face.
B: 反正沒人認識我們。
faˇnzhe`ng me´i re´n re`nshi woˇmen.
Nobody knows us anyway.
C: 你好，請問星巴克在哪兒？
nˇıhaˇo, qˇıngwe`n X¯ıngba¯ ke` za`i naˇr?
Hi, could you tell me where Starbucks is?
A: 在......在二樓。
za`i...... za`i e`r lo´u.
It’s...it’s on the second floor.
B: 喲，虎年運氣不錯質！
yo¯ , huˇnia´n yu`nqi bu`cuo` ma!
Hey, the Year of the Tiger is pretty lucky!
---Key Vocabulary---
皮衣 p´ıy¯ı leather clothing
暈
yu¯ n dizzy
從......到...... co´ng ... da`o ... from...to...
全 qua´n entirely
難道 na´nda`o can it be that
本命年 beˇnm`ıngnia´n Chinese zodiac birth year
也許 yeˇxuˇ perhaps
誇張 kua¯ zha¯ ng exaggerated
難怪 na´ngua`i no wonder
運氣 yu`nqi luck
差 cha` poor
丟 diu¯ to lose
錢包 qia´nba¯ o wallet, purse
丟人 diu¯ re´n to lose face
反正 faˇnzhe`ng anyway
星巴克 X¯ıngba¯ ke` Starbucks
虎年 huˇnia´n Year of the Tiger
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
生肖 she¯ ngxia`o animals of the Chinese zodiac
屬 shuˇ
to be born in the zo- diac year of
倒黴 daˇome´i to be out of luck
丟臉 diu¯ liaˇn to lose face
脖子 bo´zi neck
紅繩子 ho´ngshe´ngzi red cloth necklace
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