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Wednesday, April 26, 2023

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

Jasper makeup as high as a tree,
碧玉妆成一树高 , 
bì  yù  zhuāng  chéng  yī  shù  gāo  ,

Ten thousand drops of green silk sash.
万条垂下绿丝绦 。 
wàn  tiáo  chuí  xià  lǜ  sī  tāo。
 
I do not know who cut out the fine leaves,
不知细叶谁裁出, 
bù  zhī  xì  yè  shuí  cái  chū,
  
The spring breeze in February is like scissors.
二月春风似剪刀。
èr  yuè  chūn  fēng  sì  jiǎn  dāo。 

Jasper makeup as high as a tree,
碧玉妆成一树高 , 
bì  yù  zhuāng  chéng  yī  shù  gāo  ,

Ten thousand drops of green silk sash.
万条垂下绿丝绦 。 
wàn  tiáo  chuí  xià  lǜ  sī  tāo。
 
I do not know who cut out the fine leaves,
不知细叶谁裁出, 
bù  zhī  xì  yè  shuí  cái  chū,
  
The spring breeze in February is like scissors.
二月春风似剪刀。
èr  yuè  chūn  fēng  sì  jiǎn  dāo。 

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