Hi everyone,today I would like to teach you some useful vocabulary from a beautiful folk song called Zebra zebra (斑马斑马) which is super popular in China. Basically, the Zebra in the song implies a girl who the singer wants to talk about. It is a song with a bit of a sentimental mood and beautiful lyrics. Listen to the song first.
let me teach you some vocabulary from the song!
斑马-bān mǎ-Zebra


不要- bù yào-do not =不(bú)means Not/No 要(yào)means want however when the two words go together forming the word 不要, it means don’t


不想-bù xiǎng –don’t want 不(bù)means Not /No 想( xiǎng)means think or want


只想-zhǐ xiǎng–only want 只 (zhǐ)means only/just 想(xiǎng)means think or want

头发-tóu fǎ–hair


家-jiā –home

浪费-làng fèi –waste


城市-chéng shì –city


红色-hóng sè –red


故事-gù shì –story


傻瓜-shǎ guā –idiot


离开-lí kāi –leave


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Very useful. Can you put the lyrics in Pinyin and English please?