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hsinnii · 5 months

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looking for mandarin show/movie recommendations plsss

i currently watch street dance of china and used to watch the chuang series but i dont know how to branch away from the competition/survival shows

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cynosurus · 3 months

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Fellow sufferers of the Integrated Chinese textbooks might be interested to know that there are at present 14 works in the Integrated Chinese fandom on ao3:

Four are gen, six are f/m, two are f/f and one is m/m.

Three are in English and the rest in Chinese.

In this one, which is even formatted like an Integrated Chinese dialogue, 李友 mistakenly tells 白英爱 that she's going to New York with her GIRLfriend, and preslash ensues!

#fanfic #integrated chinese #learning mandarin #mandarin

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linghxr · 1 year

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75 MORE essential single-character verbs (单字动词)

People seemed to really enjoy my recent post 75 essential single-character verbs (单字动词)...so here's 75 MORE VERBS.

It was really difficult to put together the first list. I had a spreadsheet of literally hundreds of characters that I had to whittle down. So I was happy to give some of the eliminated characters a second chance.

Definitions are from MDBG. For some characters with additional meanings, I have bolded the meanings I want to highlight.

(76) 欠 qiàn - to owe / to lack / (literary) to be deficient in / (bound form) yawn / to raise slightly (a part of one's body)

(77) 顿 dùn - to stop / to pause / to arrange / to lay out / to kowtow / to stamp (one's foot) / at once / classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal

(78) 逗 dòu - to tease (playfully) / to entice / (coll.) to joke / (coll.) funny / amusing / to stay / to sojourn / brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 讀｜读)

(79) 沉 chén - to submerge / to immerse / to sink / to keep down / to lower / to drop / deep / profound / heavy

(80) 挡 dǎng - to resist / to obstruct / to hinder / to keep off / to block (a blow) / to get in the way of / cover / gear (e.g. in a car's transmission)

(81) 晒 shài - (of the sun) to shine on / to bask in (the sunshine) / to dry (clothes, grain etc) in the sun / (fig.) to expose and share (one's experiences and thoughts) on the Web (loanword from "share") / (coll.) to give the cold shoulder to

(82) 聚 jù - to congregate / to assemble / to mass / to gather together / to amass / to polymerize

(83) 派 pài - clique / school / group / faction / to dispatch / to send / to assign / to appoint / pi (Greek letter Ππ) / the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926 / (loanword) pie

(84) 叠 dié - to fold / to fold over in layers / to furl / to layer / to pile up / to repeat / to duplicate

(85) 缠 chán - to wind around / to wrap round / to coil / tangle / to involve / to bother / to annoy

(86) 嫁 jià - (of a woman) to marry / to marry off a daughter / to shift (blame etc)

(87) 逼 bī - to force (sb to do sth) / to compel / to press for / to extort / to press on towards / to press up to / to close in on / euphemistic variant of 屄

(88) 喊 hǎn - to yell / to shout / to call out for (a person)

(89) 躲 duǒ - to hide / to dodge / to avoid

(90) 抓 zhuā - to grab / to catch / to arrest / to snatch / to scratch

(91) 藏 cáng - to conceal / to hide away / to harbor / to store / to collect

(92) 瞒 mán - to conceal from / to keep (sb) in the dark

(93) 挑 tiāo - to carry on a shoulder pole / to choose / to pick / to nitpick

(94) 扑 pū - to throw oneself at / to pounce on / to devote one's energies / to flap / to flutter / to dab / to pat / to bend over

(95) 踏 tà - to tread / to stamp / to step on / to press a pedal / to investigate on the spot

(96) 断 duàn - to break / to snap / to cut off / to give up or abstain from sth / to judge / (usu. used in the negative) absolutely / definitely / decidedly

(97) 捡 jiǎn - to pick up / to collect / to gather

(98) 拖 tuō - to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on

(99) 肯 kěn - to agree / to consent / to be willing to

(100) 挖 wā - to dig / to excavate / to scoop out

(101) 摔 shuāi - to throw down / to fall / to drop and break

(102) 伸 shēn - to stretch / to extend

(103) 摸 mō - to feel with the hand / to touch / to stroke / to grope / to steal / to abstract

(104) 绕 rào - to wind / to coil (thread) / to rotate around / to spiral / to move around / to go round (an obstacle) / to by-pass / to make a detour / to confuse / to perplex

(105) 飘 piāo - to float

(106) 碰 pèng - to touch / to meet with / to bump

(107) 染 rǎn - to dye / to catch (a disease) / to acquire (bad habits etc) / to contaminate / to add color washes to a painting

(108) 搁 gē - to place / to put aside / to shelve

(109) 铺 pū - to spread / to display / to set up / (old) holder for door-knocker

(110) 托 tuō - to trust / to entrust / to be entrusted with / to act as trustee

(111) 捧 pěng - to clasp / to cup the hands / to hold up with both hands / to offer (esp. in cupped hands) / to praise / to flatter

(112) 剥 bō | bāo - to peel / to skin / to shell / to shuck

(113) 挠 náo - to scratch / to thwart / to yield

(114) 填 tián - to fill or stuff / (of a form etc) to fill in

(115) 瞅 chǒu - (dialect) to look at

(116) 蹲 dūn - to crouch / to squat / to stay (somewhere)

(117) 溜 liū - to slip away / to escape in stealth / to skate

(118) 坠 zhuì - to fall / to drop / to weigh down

(119) 撩 liáo - to tease / to provoke / to stir up (emotions)

(120) 牵 qiān - to lead along / to pull (an animal on a tether) / (bound form) to involve / to draw in

(121) 装 zhuāng - adornment / to adorn / dress / clothing / costume (of an actor in a play) / to play a role / to pretend / to install / to fix / to wrap (sth in a bag) / to load / to pack

(122) 望 wàng - full moon / to hope / to expect / to visit / to gaze (into the distance) / to look towards / towards

(123) 编 biān - to weave / to plait / to organize / to group / to arrange / to edit / to compile / to write / to compose / to fabricate / to make up

(124) 冻 dòng - to freeze / to feel very cold / aspic or jelly

(125) 抛 pāo - to throw / to toss / to fling / to cast / to abandon

(126) 喷 pēn - to puff / to spout / to spray / to spurt

(127) 刻 kè - quarter (hour) / moment / to carve / to engrave / to cut / oppressive / classifier for short time intervals

(128) 逃 táo - to escape / to run away / to flee

(129) 偷 tōu - to steal / to pilfer / to snatch / thief / stealthily

(130) 吐 tù - to vomit / to throw up

(131) 摁 èn - to press (with one's finger or hand)

(132) 瞪 dèng - to open (one's eyes) wide / to stare at / to glare at

(133) 递 dì - to hand over / to pass on / to deliver / (bound form) progressively / in the proper order

(134) 扭 niǔ - to turn / to twist / to wring / to sprain / to swing one's hips

(135) 轮 lún - wheel / disk / ring / steamship / to take turns / to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

(136) 混 hùn - to mix / to mingle / muddled / to drift along / to muddle along / to pass for / to get along with sb / thoughtless / reckless

(137) 揪 jiū - to seize / to clutch / to grab firmly and pull

(138) 卷 juǎn - to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)

(139) 瞧 qiáo - to look at / to see / to see (a doctor) / to visit

(140) 刺 cì - thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder

(141) 搜 sōu - to search

(142) 遮 zhē - to cover up (a shortcoming) / to screen off / to hide / to conceal

(143) 争 zhēng - to strive for / to vie for / to argue or debate / deficient or lacking (dialect) / how or what (literary)

(144) 撤 chè - to remove / to take away

(145) 闪 shǎn - to dodge / to duck out of the way / to beat it / shaken (by a fall) / to sprain / to pull a muscle / lightning / spark / a flash / to flash (across one's mind) / to leave behind / (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine

(146) 耍 shuǎ - to play with / to wield / to act (cool etc) / to display (a skill, one's temper etc)

(147) 忍 rěn - to bear / to endure / to tolerate / to restrain oneself

(148) 摇 yáo - to shake / to rock / to row / to crank

(149) 戳 chuō - to jab / to poke / to stab / (coll.) to sprain / to blunt / to f*ck (vulgar) / to stand / to stand (sth) upright / stamp / seal

(150) 晃 huàng - to sway / to shake / to wander about huǎng - to dazzle / to flash past

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ichverdurstehier · 5 months

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in like svsss fanfictions when characters refer to themselves as 'this one' what exactly are they saying? Like the hanzi, the pinyin, etc.

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chineseffect · 1 year

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Speak DECENT CHINESE in 4 months - 8 easy tips

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1. Have someone to guide you to get good pronunciation habits. It is almost impossible to re-learn bad habits later so make sure you get your pronunciation right from the beginning. I mean the pronunciation of the sounds, not the tones. Tones take more time to get used to and you can't rush it - but try the best you can. Some tutors don't bother too much about the pronunciation so make sure you find someone who is strict about that, you will be grateful later. Also get confident in pinyin, you will need it.

2. Understand the composition of the sentences. The word order is super easy and it stays the same all the time (the question and informative sentences have the same word order). I have a formula for the word order but I won't reveal it here, it is one of the secrets I keep for my students and people who use my materials.

3. Understand that there are no tenses in the sense we think about them in English and other languages. Learn to express future, potential future, finished action, change of state, experience in the past and circumstances of the event. See the difference between action verbs and verbs of state.

4. Learn to use modal verbs and conjuctions.

5. Build usable vocabulary based on the fact that everything in Chinese is interconnected.

6. Understand 就，才，的 and 得

7. Don't learn grammar rules and words separately. Learn functional practical sentences that will serve you as examples of the grammar structures (then you just need to change the words in these sentences).

8. Develop your listening skills - that is very important. For that there are Youtube channels and podcasts on Spotify (and in my materials the audio part also plays an important role). You can listen to Chinese radio stations just to get the feeling of the language.

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After 3-4 months you should feel pretty confident in normal conversations if you study regularly under competent guidance.

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R-evolutionary learning materials and resources: https://linktr.ee/chineseffect

MAGIC PLAYBOOK for beginners

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logogreffe · 14 days

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Best Mandarin Comprehensible Input channel on Youtube

This woman has some kind of magical power (aka she's an incredible teacher) ! Even when I don't look at the subtitles and don't know half the words she's using, I can still get a sense of what she's talking about and even understand words in context !! She's doing an incredible job so go check her channel out !

#learning mandarin #mandarin langblr #mandarinblr #comprehensible input #ComprehensibleChinese

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chineselangblr · 1 year

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Guys, I swear the source website of this picture had helped me out so much both when I started learning chinese and now!

Link:

I don't usually recommend pinterest to find useful websites but I did find this website there somehow lol. Istg half the links of pinterest are unavailable or something.

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i-read-in-five-languages · 6 months

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#langblr #languages #languages study #chinese langblr #learning chinese #language learning #learning mandarin

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potentiallypolyglot · 2 years

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Here’s a fun phrase I learned:

我救了你的狗命

wǒ jiùle nǐ de gǒu mìng

Literally: “I saved your dog life.”

This is something you can say to a friend if you help them out and you want to make fun of them a little. “Dog life” is playfully derogatory in this context. “I saved your useless life” Implies that the person you saved should be very grateful to you.

I first saw it used in a cdrama called Find Yourself when one character gives another character an item that helps them get out of a lie. I used it when I found my roommate’s keys the day we moved out, saving her from a fine, lol.

#chinese #learning mandarin #chinese language #chinese learning #chinese langblr #mandarin langblr #mandarin studyblr #learning chinese

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doitinanotherlanguage · 1 year

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Updates on Learning Mandarin Chinese 3/∞: 我看了电视就。

A while ago, I asked people to recommend me Chinese/Taiwanese dramas so I could practice my Chinese listening comprehension. I got a bunch of recs (thank you so much everyone who recced me dramas! ❤️), so I decided to sit down and try them out. My method was to watch the first episode of all these dramas, and then continue watching the ones I found interesting.

Here are the dramas and my thoughts on the first episodes:

开端 (2022; Reset)

Mystery Sci-Fi Thriller

After repeatedly finding herself dying in an explosion while riding the same bus, a college student finally concludes that she is stuck in a never-ending time loop. Inadvertently, she drags a fellow passenger into her loop and they pair up to find out what is going on.

My verdict: This is very exciting! After watching only the first episode of Reset, I have no idea what the heck is going on but I’m excited to continue the show and find out! I love mysteries, so this is definitely something I’m interested in. I’m absolutely going to finish this drama.

琅琊榜 (2015; Nirvana in Fire)

Historical Drama

A revenge drama set loosely in the period of the Southern and Northern dynasties, Nirvana in Fire is about a strategist who wants to avenge his former house and its 70 000 soldiers, massacred in a conspiracy.

My verdict: Okay, so I’ve never actually managed to watch a Chinese historical drama (that is set pre-1900s) beyond the first couple of episodes. Unfortunately, Nirvana in Fire doesn’t feel like it’s going to become an exception. I’m really intimidated by the episode count (54 + a sequel), and political machinations and power-games in a palace/court don’t necessarily interest me as a plot. Idk, next year I’m planning to read about Chinese history, so I might come back to this then if I get a craving for historical settings.

想見你 (2019; Someday or One Day)

Sci-Fi Mystery Romance

In 2019, a 27 year-old woman is missing her boyfriend, presumed dead in a plane crash. One day, she falls asleep listening to a walkman she mysteriously received and is transported into the body of a high school girl, living in 1998. The girl’s friend looks exactly like the missing boyfriend but obviously cannot be him. Things get even more muddled after she learns that the girl whose body she’s inhabiting is destined to die in 1999.

My verdict: This one immediately hooked me. Consequently, I binged the whole thing. Amazing OST (I cannot stop playing the title track and 伍佰’s “Last Dance” over and over again!). Very well acted. A fun mix of different genres (high school, romance, mystery/crime). The mystery keeps you hooked, watching and guessing. And while I have to admit I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the ending, I wholeheartedly loved the journey there. (Thank you so much @marilearnsmandarin for giving me the push to give this one a go!)

山河令 (2021; Word of Honor)

Mystery Wuxia

A disillusioned leader of assassins sets out for the martial arts world, where he becomes entangled in a conspiracy and encounters a bosom friend. With this new friend, he embarks on an adventure to find a legendary treasure.

My verdict: Like Nirvana in Fire, Word of Honor is a visually gorgeous drama (historical dramas are always so dang pretty!). However, it still isn’t for me. I think it’s because I’m not that into watching martial arts or fighting, or upper class (-adjacent) people (much like why NiF didn’t do it for me either). If there are historical dramas about servants and peasants and regular life, please someone point me in their direction!

沉默的真相 (2020; The Long Night)

Mystery Crime Thriller

It’s supposed to be an open-and-shut case: the murder suspect is caught with the body on a busy subway station and he confesses to the murder. And yet, when the case is tried in court, the prosecutor discovers that all is not as it appears. The murder might just be a cover for another more shocking injustice.

My verdict: I. AM. HOOKED. This I’m definitely going to finish! From the first few minutes, The Long Night got me hooked and on the edge of my seat, and I’m dying to know more. Like I said before, I absolutely love a good mystery. And I’m thinking that there’s going to be some social critique? Like about corruption, etc., or something. (Thank you @m1azena for reccing this!)

理智派生活 (2021; The Rational Life)

Business Romance Drama

From swimming through the cesspool of office politics with its nepotism, sabotage and company problems, to withstanding familial pressure to settle down and marry, to handling suitors interested in her for their own selfish personal motives, to being counsellor and mentor to her best friend and her juniors, a professional career woman tries to navigate through life in her thirties.

My verdict: Another fantastic find! I thought that a couple of things in the first episode were lowkey annoying, but I got interested enough that I put on the second episode... And I’m so thankful that I did! I’m now on episode 10, and I’m obsessed! I really like the main character - I might not be in my thirties quite yet, but the pressure to have your shit together and the constant badgering to settle down with a guy.... yes, I can relate. This drama deals quite a bit with the pressures and obstacles women face, and it’s very compelling. (Thank you @jellycannot for the brief but super convincing description of this show, I don’t know whether I would’ve given this a chance without it!)

最亲爱的你 (2018; Youth)

Comedy Romance Drama

Five young women share a house while attending the same university. The drama follows their hopes and struggles in life and in relationships.

My verdict: This was a nice surprise! Youth is a Chinese remake of the South Korean 청춘시대 (2016; Age of Youth), which I watched several years ago. I’m so excited to see a Chinese version! The first episode is pretty faithful to the original (as far as I can remember), and I’m looking forward to seeing whether there are going to be any major changes.

猎罪图鉴 (2022; Under the Skin)

Police Procedural Mystery Thriller

A skilled portraitist and a respected police captain put aside their bad blood to work together and solve cases using methods that can only be described as uncanny.

My verdict: As much as I love mystery and thriller, and can deal with crime-solving as part of the plot... police procedurals just don’t do it for me. I think it’s because I filled my quota by watching a lifetime’s worth of CSI shows when I was a teen... However, I must admit that this one seems to be of very good quality. I’m probably not going to be in a hurry to continue watching this, but I’m going to leave the option open, because this does look well-made and promising. Would definitely recommend this to fans of detective and police shows.

#mandarin langblr #chinese langblr #learning mandarin #learning chinese #zhongwen #updates on learning mandarin

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cynosurus · 13 days

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Let's see how long listening to the first dialogue of chapter 16 in Integrated Chinese level 1, part 2 will take me.

The recording is 1:12 min long.

#integrated chinese #mandarin #language nerding #learning mandarin #executive dysfunction

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linghxr · 1 year

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Two Things About Writing/Signs That Surprised Me in China

I encountered a lot more traditional characters than I ever expected. In retrospect, this makes a lot of sense. The systemic simplification of Chinese characters was not that long ago after all! But I was not expecting it (outside of places like historic sites).

I also saw a fair amount of right-to-left text. I sometimes see top-to-bottom & right-to-left text online, but in China I saw a lot of single-line right-to-left text, so it basically just looked like something written backwards. It really threw me off!

Here is a sign somewhere in Shanghai reading 亨達利鐘表. Not sure why they didn’t write 錶 because the traditional version of 钟表 is 鐘錶...Anyway, the simplified version would be 亨达利钟表.

The cursive-like script is a bit hard for me to decipher, but it says 中國美術館 (AKA 中国美术馆, the National Art Museum of China). I think it makes sense to use traditional characters for an art museum!

I believe this is a shopping center near Yu Garden (豫园) in Shanghai. It's in traditional characters and also right-to-left. If written left-to-right, it would read: 城隍廟第一購物中心 / 城隍庙第一购物中心.

I literally went to Baidu Maps street view to figure out what the rightmost character is! I was on a mission. Turns out it’s 瑋, so the name of this establishment is 瑋豐酒家 / 玮丰酒家. It’s near 上海孙中山故居, Sun Yat-sen’s former residence in Shanghai.

Bonus: a screenshot from Baidu Maps.

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algumaideia · 1 month

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It is so sad Taiwan uses tradicional characters, bc you know one of my fav bands is taiwanese and I watched two taiwanese movies that I enjoyed a lot last year which made me want to look more into taiwanese cinema it seemed like a perfect way for me to immerse more in my mandarin learning but uh no traditional characters :(

#learning mandarin

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chineseffect · 5 months

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山很高，海很深 /shān hěn gāo, hǎi hěn shēn/

MOUNTAINS ARE HIGH, SEAS ARE DEEP

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Beginner?

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Intermediate?

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xiangqiankua · 2 years

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Phrase of the day: 神出鬼沒 shén chū guǐ mò / to appear and disappear unpredictably (like a ghost or spirit). My teacher used this to describe a classmate’s mysterious and inconsistent attendance habits.

#chinese #mandarin #learning chinese #learning mandarin #said classmate came to school today but didn't actually come to class and just sat in the hallway outside

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chineselangblr · 2 years

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Hey guys, look at this chinese poem I found!

Hanzi:

施氏食狮史

石室诗士施氏, 嗜狮, 誓食十狮。

氏时时适市视狮。

十时, 适十狮适市。

是时,适施氏适市。

氏视是十狮, 恃失势,使是十狮逝世。

氏拾是十狮尸, 适石室。

石室湿,氏使侍拭石室。

石室拭, 氏始试食是十狮。

食时, 始识是十狮, 实十石狮尸。

试释是事。

Pinyin :

Shīshì shíshī shǐ

shíshì shī shì shī shì, shì shī, shì shíshí shī.

Shì shí shíshìshì shì shī.

Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.

Shì shí, shì shī shì shì shì.

Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shī shì, shǐ shì shí shī shì shì.

Shì shíshì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.

Shíshì shī, shì shǐ shì shì shí shì.

Shí shì shì, shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.

Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī, shí shí shí shī shī.

Shì shì shì shì.

English translation:

Shi's history of eating lions

Shi Shishi, a poet in the stone room, was fond of lions and swore to eat ten lions.

It is always appropriate to see the lion in the city.

At ten o'clock, the ten lions are suitable for the city.

It's time for Shishi's market.

Shi regarded the ten lions as ten lions, and lost his power, so that the ten lions died.

Shi Shi is ten lion corpses, suitable for stone chambers.

The stone room was wet, so the clergyman wiped the stone room.

The stone room was wiped, and Shi Shi first tried to eat ten lions.

When eating, the first consciousness is ten lions, which are actually ten stone lion corpses.

Explanation is a thing.

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I am not ok-

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