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quánbù fàng jìnqù ，qiānwàn bié kèqi ，jiādiǎn shuǐ ，bié wàng le gàishàng gàizi ，miǎnde yíngyǎng wàixiè ，dòuyá mǎntiānfēi 。zuìhòu qīngqīng yī àn ，bùyòng yā 、bùyòng fú ，bùyòng fèilì gèng bù ràng nín fèixīn 。

Put it all in, don't be polite about it whatever you do. Then add a little water and remember to put the cover on, to prevent the nutrition from the beans and vegetables from flying everywhere. Then you just press lightly. You don't need to press, you don't need to hold anything up, you don't need to put any thought or effort into it whatsoever.

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听好了，啤酒最基本的四个元素是麦芽、酵母、啤酒花、水，而精酿啤酒通常还会加入水果、咖啡、巧克力等各式各样的风味。

tīng hǎo le ，píjiǔ zuì jīběn de sì ge yuánsù shì màiyá 、jiàomǔ 、píjiǔhuā 、shuǐ ，ér jīngniàngpíjiǔ tōngcháng hái huì jiārù shuǐguǒ 、kāfēi 、qiǎokèlì děng gèshìgèyàng de fēngwèi 。

Listen carefully, the basic four components of beer are malt, yeast, hops and water, and with craft beer they normally also add all kinds of different flavours, such as fruit, coffee and chocolate.

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同时人生又是幽谷，有蔷薇才能烛隐显幽，体贴入微；有蔷薇才能看到苍蝇控脚，蜘蛛吐丝，才能听到暮色潜动，春草萌芽，才能做到“一沙一世界，一花一天国”。

tóngshí rénshēng yòu shì yōugǔ ，yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng zhúyǐnxiǎnyōu ，tǐtiērùwēi ；yǒu qiángwēi cáinéng kàndào cāngying kòngjiǎo ，zhīzhū tǔ sī ，cáinéng tīngdào mùsè qiándòng ，chūncǎo méngyá ，cáinéng zuò dào “yī shā yī shìjiè ，yī huā yī tiānguó ”。

At the same time, life is like a deep valley, only a rose can serve as a flickering candle in the darkness, in all its attentiveness; only with a rose can you see the fly's legs and the spider spitting silk, Only then can you here the movement of the twilight, and the sprouting of the spring grass, only then is it possible "To see a World in a Grain of Sand. And a Heaven in a Wild Flower."

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哈哈，不知道了吧？我家是做豆芽生意的，所以这对联应该这样读：长长长长长长长，长长长长长长长。意思是希望豆芽长得又粗又长，增加产量，这样才能多赚钱。

hāhā ，bù zhīdào le ba ？wǒ jiā shì zuò dòuyá shēngyi de ，suǒyǐ zhè duìlián yīnggāi zhèyàng dú ：cháng zhǎng cháng zhǎng chángcháng zhǎng ，zhǎng cháng zhǎng cháng zhǎngzhang cháng 。yìsi shì xīwàng dòuyá zhǎng de yòu cū yòu cháng ，zēngjiā chǎnliàng ，zhèyàng cáinéng duō zhuànqián 。

Ha ha, you're stumped, right? We sell bean sprouts. So the couplet should be read like this: ''chang zhang chang zhang chang chang zhang, zhang chang zhang chang zhang zhang chang.'' The point is that we hope the bean sprouts will grow long and thick, and there will be a lot. That's the only way we'll make more money.

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你们家长呀，别光顾着工作，孩子的一举一动要尽可能地留意。现在的孩子都早熟，有些事情刚萌芽的时候就要早点发现。

nǐmen jiāzhǎng ya ，bié guāng gùzhe gōngzuò ，háizi de yījǔyīdòng yào jǐnkěnéng de liúyì 。xiànzài de háizi dōu zǎoshú ，yǒuxiē shìqing gāng méngyá de shíhou jiùyào zǎodiǎn fāxiàn 。

You parents shouldn't just attend to your work. You have to do your best to pay attention to every single thing your child does. Children nowadays mature early, so when some things are just budding you have to notice them early on.

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好！嗯，荤素都有，挺丰富的。怎么没有黄豆芽啊？

hǎo ！ng4 ，hūn sù dōu yǒu ，tǐng fēngfù de 。zěnme méiyǒu huángdòuyá ā ？

Okay! Hmm, you've got both meat and vegetables. It's quite a lot. Why don't you have soybean sprouts?

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黄豆芽不好吃！

huángdòuyá bù hǎochī ！

Soybean sprouts are gross!

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唉，你们这些年轻人啊书读得多，风俗却一点都不懂。黄豆芽是“如意菜”，吃了一年都会如意。

ài ，nǐmen zhèxiē niánqing rén ā shū dú de duō ，fēngsú què yīdiǎn dōu bù dǒng 。huángdòuyá shì “rúyì cài ”，chī le yī nián dōu huì rúyì 。

Oh, you young people have studied a lot, but you don't understand anything about tradition. Soybean sprouts are the “dish of good fortune”. If you eat them, then you'll have good fortune for the year.

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本身，萌的意思是新发出来的芽。

běnshēn ，méng de yìsi shì xīn fā chūlai de yá 。

"Meng" itself means a newly-sprouting sprout.

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萌芽

méngyá

Sprout.

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