Chinese Children’s song 蜗牛与黄鹂鸟 Wo niu yu huang li niao Snail and yellow birds /snail and oriole birds: lyrics, pinyin, English translation, how to attract orioles to your backyard, and songs of oriole birds

Posted on 12/25/2011 by Chinesetolearn

Chinese Children’s song
蜗牛与黄鹂鸟

Wōniú yǔ huánglí niǎo

Snail and yellow birds /snail and oriole birds

阿门阿前一棵葡萄树

Āmén ā qián yī kē pútáo shù

Ah, door, ah, in the front of it, there is a grape tree

阿嫩阿嫩绿地刚发芽

Ā nèn ā nènlǜ dì gāng fāyá

Ah, it is tender, ah, it is green, and it is just germinating now

蜗牛背著那重重的壳呀

Wōniú bèizhe nà chóngchóng de ké ya

The snail carries its heavy shell

一步一步地往上爬

Yībù yībù de wǎng shàng pá

One step after one step climbs up

阿树阿上两只黄鹂鸟

Ā shù ā shàng liǎng zhī huánglí niǎo

Ah, the tree, ah the tree top, there are two yellow orioles

阿嘻阿嘻哈哈在笑它

Ā xī ā xī hāhā zài xiào tā

Ah, they laugh, ah they giggle, ah they laugh ha-ha at it

葡萄成熟还早地很哪

Pútáo chéngshú hái zǎo de hěn nǎ

There is still long long time till the grapes ripen

现在上来干什么

Xiànzài shànglái gànshénme

Why are you climbing up now

阿黄阿黄鹂儿不要笑

Ā huáng ā huánglí er bu yào xiào

Ah, yellow, ah, yellow oriole birds, don’t you laugh at me

等我爬上它就成熟了

Děng wǒ pá shàng tā jiù chéngshúle

When I climb up to the top, the grapes will be ripe already

Translated by Shu with fun 🙂

How to attract orioles to your backyard

orioles singing

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Daily Chinese sentence – How to say “There are so many Christmas presents under the Christmas trees” in Chinese: 圣旦树下面有很多圣旦礼物。Grammar, direction words and suffixes, Chinese proverb 马齿徒长 ma chi tu zhang and 蔡幸娟 Cai Xingjuan 爱的礼物 ai de li wu the gift of love

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Chinese sentence – How to say “There are so many Christmas presents under the Christmas trees” in Chinese: 圣旦树下面有很多圣旦礼物。sheng4 dan4 shu4 xia4 mian4 you3 hen3 duo1 sheng4 dan4 li3 wu4. Sheng4 dan4 shu4 xia4 mian4 you3 hen3 duo1 sheng4 dan4 li3 wu4. Sheng4 dan4 shu4 (圣旦树 noun; shu4 means tree, sheng4 dan4 shu4 means Christmas tree) xia4 (下 preposition word, under or below) mian4 (面 a suffix for position words) you3 (有 verb, have) hen3 duo1 (很多 adjective, many) sheng4 dan4 li3 wu4 (圣旦礼物 Christmas gifts or presents).

Direction words 上 shang4 top／下 xia4 bottom／前 qian2 front／后 hou4 back, often combine with suffixes, such as 边 bian1, 面 mian4 or 头 tou2. These suffixes bian1, mian4, tou2 can be pronounced in the neutral tone or their original tones.

What presents you received this Christmas? Are those something you like or not? No matter it is a gift you wish for or not, don’t look a gift horse in the mouth. Which means don’t be ungrateful when you receive a gift. So, when you receive a gift, be grateful for your good fortune and don’t look for more by examining it to assess its value.

As horses age their teeth begin to grow further forward each year and so their age can be estimated by checking how prominent their teeth are. So, checking a horse’s teeth, you can figure out a lot of information about the horse.

In Chinese there is an idiom called 马齿徒长 ma3 chi3 tu2 zhang3 means although we got aged, like the horse’s teeth got longer, but our wisdom did not progress. It is a saying that people can use to modestly mention about himself or herself only aged physically, but not gained wisdom as years go by.

So, when you received an ipod touch 8GB, don’t look into the ipod’s robot mouth and complain it is not the 32 GB that you desire. When you got a notebook, don’t flare your eyes and look into the mouth of the electronic book and complain it is not the Macbook your dream for. As long as it is a gift of love, it would be the best gift of all.

Let’s listen to a very old Chinese song. It is called 爱的礼物 ai4 de5 li3 wu4 the gift of love by a lovely Chinese singer called Cai xing juan 蔡幸娟. Enjoy the lovely song and wish you got your dream gifts from 圣旦老公公 sheng4 dan4 lao3 gong1 gong5 Old man santa …..

Gifts of love with a Japanese tune

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