Chinese song-Cicada-zhi liao-知了

Monday, May 8, 2023

Do you want to learn Chinese through songs? Here is a song named-Cicada. Have you ever heard it before? Let's take a look.

Cicada called cicada every day,
知了知了天天叫知了,
zhī  liǎo  zhī  liǎo  tiān  tiān  jiào  zhī  liǎo  ,

After all know how much,
究竟知了知道多少, 
jiū  jìng  zhī  liǎo  zhī  dao  duō  shao ,
 
The summer heat is inherently annoying,
夏季的炎热本来就让人烦躁, 
xià  jì  de  yán  rè  běn  lái  jiù  ràng  rén  fán  zào ,

The cacophony of cicadas is frustrating,
知了的嘈杂让人懊恼, 
zhī  liǎo  de  cáo  zá  ràng  rén  ào  náo,
  
Cicada ,Cicada , you really ignorant you can know,
知了知了你真无知你可知道, 
zhī  liǎo  zhī  liǎo  nǐ  zhēn  wú  zhī  nǐ  kě  zhī  dao,
  
Since the cicada is not so need to report,
既然知了何须如此传报, 
zhī  liǎo  zhī  liǎo  nǐ  zhēn  wú  zhī  nǐ  kě  zhī  dao,
  
The cry of tearing heart and splitting lung every day,
天天撕心裂肺的鸣叫, 
tiān  tiān  sī  xīn  liè  fèi  de  míng  jiào,
  
It shows just how stupid and ridiculous you are.
恰恰显露你的愚昧荒唐可笑。
qià  qià  xiǎn  lù  nǐ  de  yú  mèi  huāng  táng  kě  xiào 。

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