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ID: 1094 Pre Intermediate
If you can't plug in your computer, how can you get your ChinesePod fix? In today's lesson, you'll learn the ins and outs of plugs and sockets, all in Mandarin Chinese.
Tue Feb 10 2009 | Jenny , John
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
---|---|---|---|
怎么回事 | zěnmehuíshì | what's the matter | |
插 | chā | to insert | |
插头 | chātóu | plug | |
插座 | chāzuò | socket |
哎,怎么回事?插不进去。
ái ,zěnmehuíshì ?chā bu jìnqù 。
Agh, what's the matter? I can't get it in.
哦?
ó ?
Huh?
哎,哎!
ài ,ài !
Agh, agh.
我看看你的插头。外国插头啊。
wǒ kàn kan nǐ de chātóu 。wàiguó chātóu a 。
Let me see your plug. It's a foreign plug!
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