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ID: 2180 Intermediate
It's always nice to put your personal stamp on things. In this lesson, we talk about doing it in a very literal way. Learn about the Chinese tradition of using chops to sign documents as well as traditional calligraphy.
Fri May 03 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
老街 lǎojiē old street
表演 biǎoyǎn performance
耍猴 shuǎhóu monkey show
猴子 hóuzi monkey
我太喜欢这条老街了，真好玩！我们刚才看的表演叫什么名字？
wǒ tài xǐhuan zhè tiáo lǎojiē le ，zhēn hǎowán ！wǒmen gāngcái kàn de biǎoyǎn jiào shénme míngzi ？
I really like this old street. It's a lot of fun! What do you call that performance we just saw?
耍猴！
shuǎhóu ！
A monkey show!
对对对，耍猴！那些猴子又可爱又聪明！哎，这是什么？
duì duì duì ，shuǎhóu ！nàxiē hóuzi yòu kě ài yòu cōngming ！āi ，zhè shì shénme ？
Oh, right! A monkey show! Those monkeys were so cute and smart! Hey, what is this?
小姐，这是印章！可以把你的名字刻在上面。
xiǎojie ，zhè shì yìnzhāng ！kěyǐ bǎ nǐ de míngzi kè zài shàngmian 。
Miss, this is a chop. You can have your name etched into it.
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