Nursery Rhymes

bei2wo4
quilt
le
inside
qi3,
eat,
bei2wo4
quilt
le
inside
la4,
excrete,
bei2wo4
quilt
le
inside
fang2
release
pi2
fart
beng4
explode
bei2
quilt
hua4
flower
(You) eat inside the quilt, excrete inside the quilt, fart inside the quilt that the quilt jumps.
Comment: This is a nursery rhyme parents would say to their kid if s/he keeps wetting the bed.

xiao3
little
cai1
vegetable
ber3,
board,
lan2
mess
dao4
knife
duo2.
chop,
On a little chopping board, (you) chop with a knife without any skill.
mei1
NEG
you3
have
xi1fer
wife
mar1
NEG
fa3
way
guor2,
live,
you3
have
le
PVF
xi1fe
wife
cou2fe1
make-do
zhe
DUR
guor2.
live.
(You) can’t live a life without a wife, with a wife, (you) can make do with your life.
Comment: This is a nursery rhyme adults will say to tease a little boy. It also reflects people’s life in the past that a man usually was too poor to marry a woman.

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