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"You're Nothing!" Mild Swearing in Chinese

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ID: 2821 Intermediate
  In today's lesson you're going to learn some mild swearing. Cursing can be an excellent way to vent your frustration, and used correctly, can be very effective at getting your point across. In today's lesson we learn a curse word that you wouldn't usually associate with swearing and that is the term "thing" or 东西 (dong xi). Today we hear this word used in the context of two neighbours taking out their trash, only to find that one of them has made the other neighbours house messy with their trash bags. Listen to the heated argument, and after the lesson you'll be able to use this insult whenever someone crosses you.
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Wed Jan 06 2016 | Gwilym, Fiona Tian
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家伙 jiāhuo guy
垃圾 lājī garbage
礼貌 lǐmào politeness
柱子 zhùzi pillar
哪个家伙把垃圾放在我家门口？有没有点基本礼貌啊？真是个垃圾！
nǎge jiāhuo bǎ lājī fàng zài wǒ jiā ménkǒu ？ yǒumeiyǒu diǎnr jīběn lǐmào ā ？ zhēn shì gè lājī ！
Who put their rubbish at the entrance of my home? Haven't you got any common courtesy? What a piece of trash!
我放的，怎么样？怎么样？这也是我家门口。
wǒ fàng de ， zěnmeyàng ？ zěnmeyàng ？ zhè yě shì wǒjiā ménkǒu 。
I put it there, what about it? What are you going to do? That's also the entrance to my home.
你家？看到这根柱子没有？柱子左边是你家，右边是我家，你的垃圾在右边！
nǐ jiā ？ kàndào zhè gēn zhùzi méiyǒu ？ zhùzi zuǒbiān shì nǐ jiā ， yòubiān shì wǒjiā ， nǐ de lājī zài yòubiān ！
Your home? Do you see that pillar? To the left of the pillar is your home, to the right is my home, your rubbish is on the right!
只不过一半在你家，有什么大不了？邻居不是应该互相帮忙吗？
zhǐ bùguò yībàn zài nǐ jiā ， yǒu shénme dàbùliǎo ？ línjū bùshì yīnggāi hùxiāng bāngmáng ma ？
Just half of it is in your home, what's the big deal? Aren't neighbors supposed to help each other out?
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