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5000 Years of History

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ID: 1666 Elementary
Do you know how many years of history China is sporting? In case you have no Chinese friends around to remind you, we have created this lesson to fill you in on this critical detail of world history. This Chinese lesson will also help you Americans out there make a comparison.
Fri May 06 2011 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
文化 wénhuà culture
真 zhēn real
有意思 yǒu yìsi interesting
当然 dāngrán of course
中国文化真有意思。
Zhōngguó wénhuà zhēn yǒu yìsi 。
Chinese culture is really interesting.
那当然！中国有五千年的历史。
nà dāngrán ！Zhōngguó yǒu wǔ qiān nián de lìshǐ 。
Of course! China has 5,000 years of history.
真的假的？
zhēn de jiǎ de ？
Is that true?
当然是真的。我们中国人都知道。
dāngrán shì zhēn de 。wǒmen Zhōngguó rén dōu zhīdào 。
Of course it is. Us Chinese people all know this.
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