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Asking direction is very important in foreign country; if you don’t want to get lost, let’s learn this Chinese sentence – How to say ” At this intersection, you can only turn left” in Chinese: 在这个十字路口，你只能往左拐。 Zai4 zhe4 ge5 shi2 zi4 lu4 kou3, ni3 zhi3 neng2 wang3 zuo3 guai3. Zai4 (在 preposition word, at) zhe4 (这 pronoun, this) ge5 (个 general measure word) shi2 zi4 (十字 character ten) lu4 kou3 (路口 noun, intersection), ni3 (你 pronoun, you) zhi3 (只 adverb, only) neng2 (能 verb, can) wang3 (往 preposition word, toward or in the direction of) zuo3 (左 noun, direction word for left) guai3 (拐 verb, turn).

For the verb 拐 guai3, you can also replace it with 转 zhuan3. For the word quai3, there is a phrase called 拐杖 guai3 zhang4 (noun, cane). The candy cane in Chinese, we call it guai3 zhang4 tang2 拐杖糖.

十字路口 : A place where things intersect, especially a place where two or more roads cross. Metaphorically speaking, it can be used to refer to the time that you have to make not so easy choices. For example, we can say there are a lot of intersection ins life. 人生有很多十字路口。ren2 sheng1 you3 hen3 duo2 shi2 zi4 lu4 kou3. For example, which colleges you should go, which person you should marry and which job you should quit. Life is not easy, isn’t it? When you got stuck at making a decision, you need to wisely choose. For choose, you can use 选择 xuan3 ze2 or 抉择 jue2 ze2. (jue2 ze2 is a more classic word, and usually refer to more severe choice to make).

For the Cross — the upright post with a transverse piece upon which Jesus was crucified — we call it shi2 zi4 jia4 十字架.

This is an asking direction video – it tells you how to say – May I ask where the restroom is? and May I ask how to get to the restroom?

Listen to this classic Chinese song by Cai Qin 蔡琴, it is called Choice 抉择 jue2 ze2. The translation will come soon, I hope:)

圣诞铃声
Sheng dan ling sheng
The sound of Christmas bells
圣诞(Christmas)铃(bell)声(sound)

雪花随风飘，
xue3 hua1 sui2 feng1 piao1
Snow flakes drift with wind
雪花(snow flake) 随(follow)风(wind)飘，(to drift)

花鹿在奔跑，
Hua1 lu4 zai4 ben1 pao3
Sika deers are rushing and dashing
花(fancy pattern)鹿(deer)在(indicating an action in progress) 奔跑(to fun)，

圣诞老公公驾着美丽雪橇，
sheng4 dan4 lao3 gong1 gong5 jia5 zhe5 mei3 li4 xue3 qiao1
Santa Claus is reigning his beautiful sleigh
圣诞(Christmas)老(old)公公(old man)驾(to harness/to ride)着aspect particle indicating action in progress 美丽(beautiful)雪橇(sleigh)，

经过了原野，
jing1 guo4 le5 yuan2 ye3
Passed the wilderness
经过(pass)了(past tense marker)原野(原野)，

渡过了小桥，
du4 guo4 le5 xiao3 qiao2
Crossed the little bridge
渡过(cross)了(past tense marker)小(little)桥(bridge)，

跟着和平欢喜歌声翩然地来到。
gen1 zhe5 he2 ping2 huan1 xi3 ge1 sheng1 pian1 ren2 de5 lai2 dao4
Following the sound of peaceful and joyful songs, he lightly and swiftly arrived
跟着（to follow after) 和平(peaceful)欢喜(joyful)歌(song)声(sound)翩然(swiftly)地(functional particle put after an adverb and before a verb)来到(come/arrive)。

叮叮铛、叮叮铛，
ding1 ding1 dang1, ding1 ding1 dang1
Jingling, jingling, jingling clang, Jingling, jingling, jingling clang,
叮叮(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound) 铛(clang)、叮叮(onom.) tinkling or jingling sound) 铛(clang)

铃声多响亮，
ling2 sheng1 duo2 xing3 liang4
The sound of bells is so resounding
铃(bell)声(sound)多(how/shows degree)响亮(resounding)，

你看他呀不避风霜面容多么慈祥！
ni3 kan4 ta1 ya5 bu2 bi4 feng1 shuang1 mian4 rong2 duo2 me5 ci2 xiang2
You see him who is not afraid of wind and frost, and his face is so kind
你(you)看(see)他(him)呀((particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) )不(not)避(to stay out of)风(wind)霜(frost)面(face)容(appearance)多么(how/shows degree)慈祥(kindly)！

铃声多响亮，
ling2 sheng1 duo2 xing3 liang4
The sound of bells is so resounding
铃(bell)声(sound)多(how/shows degree)响亮(resounding)，

他给我们带来幸福大家喜洋洋。
ta1 gei3 wo3 men5 dai4 lai2 xing4 fu2 da4 jia1 xi3 yang2 yang2
He brings us happiness and everyone is radiant with joy
他(he)给(to do sth (for sb)我们(us)带来(bring)幸福(happiness)大家(everyone)喜洋洋(radiant with joy)。

红衣红帽人，
hong2 yi1 hong2 mao4 ren2
Red clothes, red hat person
红(red)衣(clothes)红(red)帽(hat)人(person)，

两道白眉毛，
liang3 dao4 bai2 mei2 mao2
Two stripes of white eyebrows
两(two)道(measure word for eye brow)白(white)眉毛(eyebrow)，

白发白胡须带来礼物一包，
bai2 fa3 bai2 hu2 xu1 dai4 lai2 li3 wu4 yi4 bao1
White hair, white beard (person) brings to here a package of gift
白(white)发(hair)白(white)胡须(beard)带来(bring)礼物(gift)一(one)包(package)，

穿过了森林，
chuan1 guo4 le5 sen1 lin2
Passing through forests
穿过(go through)了(past tense marker)森林(forest)，

越过了山腰，
Yue4 guo4 le5 shan1 yao1
Crossing through the valleys of mountains
越过(to cross over)了(past tense marker)山腰(valley of mountain)，

跟着和平欢喜歌声翩然地来到。
gen1 zhe5 he2 ping2 huan1 xi3 ge1 sheng1 pian1 ran2 de5 lai2 dao4
Following the sound of peaceful and joyful songs, he lightly and swiftly arrived
跟(follow)着(particle shows action in progress)和平(peaceful)欢喜(joyful)歌(song)声(sound)翩然(swiftly)地(functional particle after adverb and before verb)来到(arrive)。

铃声多响亮，
ling2 sheng1 duo2 xing3 liang4
The sound of bells is so resounding
铃(bell)声(sound)多(how/shows degree)响亮(resounding)，

铃声多响亮，
ling2 sheng1 duo2 xing3 liang4
The sound of bells is so resounding

你看他呀不避风霜面容多么慈祥！
ni3 kan4 ta1 ya5 bu2 bi4 feng1 shuang1 mian4 rong2 duo2 me5 ci2 xiang2
You see him who is not afraid of wind and frost, and his face is so kind

铃声多响亮，
ling2 sheng1 duo2 xing3 liang4
The sound of bells is so resounding
铃(bell)声(sound)多(how/shows degree)响亮(resounding)，

Translated by Shu

Quotes of bells:

A bell’s not a bell ’til you ring it, A song’s not a song ’til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay, Love isn’t love ’til you give it away!
Oscar Hammerstein II

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.
Erich Segal

Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

The time draws near the birth of Christ: The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.
John Donne

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.
Allen Johnson

But when researchers at Bell Labs discovered that static tends to come from particular places in the sky, the whole field of radio astronomy opened up.
Murray Gell-Mann

Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the bell, and I feel, this is great.
James Laughlin

Every time you hear a bell ring, it means that some angel’s just got his wings.
Frances Goodrich

For me, college wasn’t a breeze. I had 8 o’clock classes, I worked from 3 to 11 at the Settlement House. On weekends, if Northwestern Bell needed me, I’d troubleshoot for them, and I had a steady girl. God!
Henry Fonda

How I longed to see these things; how I longed to see the Liberty Bell and walk on the streets where Thomas Jefferson, Tom Paine and Benjamin Franklin had walked.
Burl Ives

I hate the only one of my book jackets when I was made up professionally, my hair made into a smooth bell.
Antonia Fraser

I have always adhered to two principles. The first one is to train hard and get in the best possible physical condition. The second is to forget all about the other fellow until you face him in the ring and the bell sounds for the fight.
Rocky Marciano

I kinda see my current position like this: Here’s your five minutes in the toy store, so you gotta do all the good movies you can before ‘Chuck Woolery’ rings the bell.
Ben Affleck

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.
Roscoe Mitchell

Some of these quotes come from: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/bell.html#ixzz1gqME7BbG

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