Greetings/Holidays


  
    

      #1858: Best wishes (Unknown)
    


  
  

    

      
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谢谢! 呵呵。祝你和你的学校新的一年都大展鸿图！

        

        





    

            

                      

              Pinyin: 

                    Xièxie！hēhē. Zhù nǐ hé nǐ de xuéxiào xīn de yìnián dōu dàzhǎnhóngtú！        

        





    

            

                      

              English Translation: 

                    Thank you. I hope you realize your ambition and the school becomes much stronger.        

        





      
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谢谢【xièxiè】 thanks; thank you.

学校【xuéxiào】 school; educational institution.

        

        



  

  

  
  

    

      



 


  



  
    

      #1856: Happy New Year (Ling)
    


  
  

    

      
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也祝你元旦快乐！在新的一年好运常伴你

        

        





    

            

                      

              Pinyin: 

                    Yě zhù nǐ Yuándàn kuàilè！zài xīn de yī nián hǎoyùn cháng bàn nǐ        

        





    

            

                      

              English Translation: 

                    Happy new year, too. Good luck all the way.        

        





      
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元旦【Yuándàn】 New Year’s Day.

快乐【kuàilè】 happy; joyful; cheerful.

好运【hǎoyùn】 good luck.

        

        



  

  

  
  

    

      



 


  



  
    

      #1857: Best wishes (Jackie)
    


  
  

    

      
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谢谢你，我也祝你在新的一年里心想事成，万事如意，事业更上一层楼，事业和爱情双丰收！；-）

        

        





    

            

                      

              Pinyin: 

                    Xièxie nǐ，wǒ yě zhù nǐ zài xīn de yìnián lǐ
xīnxiǎng shì chéng，wànshìrúyì，shìyè gèng shàng yìcéng lóu，shìyè hé àiqíng shuāng fēngshōu！；-）        

        





    

            

                      

              English Translation: 

                    Thank you. I also hope everything will comply with your wishes. Wish your career will become more prosperous. Harvest in both work and love.        

        





      
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谢谢【xièxiè】 thanks; thank you.

万事如意【wànshìrúyì】 just as one has wished for.

事业【shìyè】 cause; undertaking; enterprise; facilities.

更上一层楼【gèngshàngyīcénglóu】 make further progress.

爱情【àiqíng】 love (between man and woman).

丰收【fēngshōu】 bumper harvest.

        

        



  

  

  
  

    

      



 


  



  
    

      #1855: Happy New Year (Corrie)
    


  
  

    

      
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新年快乐，事事如意

        

        





    

            

                      

              Pinyin: 

                    Xīnnián kuàilè，shìshìrúyì        

        





    

            

                      

              English Translation: 

                    Happy new year. I hope everything will comply with your wishes.         

        





      
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新年【xīnnián】 New Year.

快乐【kuàilè】 happy; joyful; cheerful.

事事如意【shìshìrúyì】 smooth running at every turn.

        

        



  

  

  
  

    

      



 


  



  
    

      #1796: It's cold! (Springtime)
    


  
  

    

      
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天降温哩*小芯身仔喔<加点dian衣服>苛白感瑁啦“&□□□不哩鼻仔荟□冒泡泡』~~难受不说{还得花钱$！о(^_^)о嘿嘿

        

        





    

            

                      

              Pinyin: 

                    Pinyin tiān jiàngwēn li*xiǎo xīn shēn zi o<jiādiǎndianyīfu>kē bái gǎn mào la”&□□□bù li bí zi huì□mào pàopào』~~nánshòu bù shuō{hái děi huāqián$！о(^_^)оhēihēi        

        





    

            

                      

              English Translation: 

                    The temperature is lower. Be careful. Wear more clothes, please.  You will catch a cold and even spend a lot of money.        

        





      
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降温【jiàngwēn】 lower the temperature;  drop in temperature.

衣服【yīfu】 clothing; clothes.

泡泡【pàopào】 hubble-bubble.

难受【nánshòu】 feel unwell; feel ill; suffer pain; feel unhappy; feel bad.

        

        





    

            

                      

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Mistakes: 小芯—小心，身仔—身子， 苛—可， 感瑁—感冒，鼻仔—鼻子， 荟—会

There are two alternatives for a sentence:”ke3 bie2 gan3mao4 la” means “Don’t catch a cold”. And “ke3 bie2 bai2 gan3mao4 la” means you have recovered from a cold, so don’t let it happen again in vain.