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The Monks in the Temple on the Mountain

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ID: 0441 Elementary
Did you ever hear the one about the Monks in the Temple on the Mountain? We have--in fact, the Monks in the Temple on the Mountain is one of our favorites… so much so that in this podcast we’d like to offer up a Mandarin Chinese lesson on the Monks in the Temple on the Mountain. Well, that is, unless you’ve already heard the one about the Monks in the Temple on the Mountain. That reminds us… have you ever heard… [further text removed by ChinesePod staff]
Wed Feb 28 2007 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
从前 cóngqián in the past
有 yǒu to have
座 zuò a
山 shān mountain
从前有座山，山上有座庙，庙里有个老和尚和小和尚。
cóngqián yǒu zuò shān ，shān shàng yǒu zuò miào ，miào lǐ yǒu ge lǎo héshang hé xiǎo héshang 。
A long time ago there was a mountain. On the mountain there was a temple. In the temple there was an old monk and a young monk.
老和尚对小和尚说，从前有座山，山上有座庙，庙里有个老和尚和小和尚。
lǎo héshang duì xiǎo héshang shuō ，cóngqián yǒu zuò shān ，shān shàng yǒu zuò miào ，miào lǐ yǒu ge lǎo héshang hé xiǎo héshang 。
The old monk said to the young monk: A long time ago there was a mountain. On the mountain there was a temple. In the temple there was an old monk and a young monk.
老和尚对小和尚说，从前有座山，山上有座庙，庙里有个老和尚和小和尚。
lǎo héshang duì xiǎo héshang shuō ，cóngqián yǒu zuò shān ，shān shàng yǒu zuò miào ，miào lǐ yǒu ge lǎo héshang hé xiǎo héshang 。
The old monk said to the young monk: A long time ago there was a mountain. On the mountain there was a temple. In the temple there was an old monk and a young monk.
老和尚对小和尚说，从前有座山，山上有座庙，庙里有个老和尚和小和尚......
lǎo héshang duì xiǎo héshang shuō ，cóngqián yǒu zuò shān ，shān shàng yǒu zuò miào ，miào lǐ yǒu ge lǎo héshang hé xiǎo héshang ......
The old monk said to the young monk: A long time ago there was a mountain. On the mountain there was a temple. In the temple there was an old monk and a young monk….
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