Abstract : With such a long history and culture, China has it's home grown sports, some literally spawn from legends of past. As to with the rise of Chinese culture and awareness in the west, so too these sports but be one step ahead of game and know it in Mandarin!
Hi dàjiā hǎo wǒ shì Benny, huānyíng lái Bennysland. Today's experience is quite interesting (jīntiān de experience fēicháng yǒuyìsi), because I'll be teaching you some words about traditional Chinese sports and the stories associated to these traditional sports. Let's go through the vocabulary first.
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tǎijíquán / tàijí |
太极拳/太极 |
taiji chuan/taichi |
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duānwǔ jié |
端午节 |
Duanwu jie (Dragon Boat Festival) |
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sài lóngzhōu |
赛龙舟 |
dragon boat race |
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lìshǐ |
历史 |
history |
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yī zhǒng |
一种 |
a kind of |
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chuántǒng de |
传统的 |
traditional |
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yī wèi |
一位 |
one (for person) |
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gǔdài de |
古代的 |
ancient |
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shīrén |
诗人 |
poet |
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wèile jìniàn |
为了纪念 |
in commemoration of |
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àiguó de |
爱国的 |
patriotic |
