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?