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Argument over Garbage (2)

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ID: 1038 Upper Intermediate
Almost as fun as the argument itself is the post-mortem. Can those maniacs be serious? What were they thinking? What will we do if we bump into them again? With this podcast, you'll learn to pick over the bones of your latest squabble in Mandarin Chinese.
Tue Nov 25 2008 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
德行 déxing conduct
楼道 lóudào corridor
挂不住 guàbuzhù to be unable to hang
沟通 gōutōng communication
今天早点儿睡吧！那么早就被那两个老阿姨吵醒了！
jīntiān zǎo diǎnr shuì ba ！nàme zǎo jiù bèi nà liǎng ge lǎoāyí chǎo xǐng le ！
Go to bed early tonight! We got woken up so early by those two old women!
哎！真没办法！
āi ！zhēn méi bànfǎ ！
Ah, there's nothing we can do about that.
老阿姨嘛，懒得跟她们多说。
lǎoāyí ma ，lǎn de gēn tāmen duō shuō 。
I couldn't be bothered to keep talking with those old women.
多说也没用。就那德行。
duō shuō yě méiyòng 。jiù nà déxing 。
There's no point in talking to them. They're just that way.
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