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ID: 1518 Elementary
We at ChinesePod are vaguely aware that some people like cats better than dogs. While we don't apologize for our various dog-themed lessons, we're happy to throw you cat lovers a (fish)bone. Listen to this lesson to learn how to deal with the irrational cat-haters of this world in Mandarin Chinese.
Tue Oct 12 2010 | John, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
猫 māo cat
它 tā it
叫 jiào to cry out
怎么 zěnme how
这是你的猫吗？
zhè shì nǐ de māo ma ？
Is this your cat?
对。它叫毛毛。
duì 。tā jiào Máomao 。
Yeah. His name is Maomao.
你怎么不养狗？
nǐ zěnme bù yǎng gǒu ？
Why don't you raise a dog?
养狗太麻烦了。
yǎng gǒu tài máfan le 。
Raising dogs is too much trouble.
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