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Whose Home for Chinese New Year?

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ID: 1848 Upper Intermediate
Chinese New Year is all about going home to one's family and enjoying precious time with family stuffing one's face. But what happens when a husband and wife are from different cities and they both want to go home to their own families for CNY? This dialog ensues, that's what!
Tue Jan 17 2012 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
发愁 fāchóu to worry
年货 niánhuò special New Year's purchases
办年货 bàn niánhuò to do New Year's shopping
纠结 jiūjié to be in a dilemma over
今年过年挺早的，一月份就过年了。
jīnnián guònián tǐng zǎo de ，yīyuèfèn jiù guònián le 。
The New Year is early this year. It's in January.
哎，我真是又开心又发愁啊！
ai ，wǒ zhēn shì yòu kāixīn yòu fāchóu a ！
Ah, I'm both happy and anxious over it!
你发愁什么？年货没办好？
nǐ fāchóu shénme ？niánhuò méi bàn hǎo ？
Anxious about what? You didn't get your New Year shopping done?
是啊，年货没办，礼物也没买，最主要的是我还在纠结回哪里过年好。
shì a ，niánhuò méi bàn ，lǐwù yě méi mǎi ，zuì zhǔyào de shì wǒ hái zài jiūjié huí nǎli guònián hǎo 。
Didn't get the shopping done, plus I didn't buy presents, and the main thing I'm agonizing over is where we should spend the New Year.
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