Intermediate - Yellow Mountain (C1451)

A:
k` an, n` a ji ` ush` Yngk` es ong!
Look, thats the, Welcoming Guest Pine.
B:
ai, zh ende h en xi ` ang z` ai yngji e k` er en.
Hey, it really does look like its welcoming guests.
A:
ku` ai zh` an gu` oq` u, b ang n p ai zh ang zh` aopi an.
Quick, go stand over there. Ill take a picture for you.
B:
b` uy` ong p ai w o, zh p ai m eijng ji ` u h aole.
No need to take one of me. Just take one of the beautiful
scenery and thats enough.
A:
h ao. ch uf a q` u xi ` a y ge jngdi an!
OK. Lets set out for the next scenic spot!
B:
j ` ushu o qi anmian de y du` an sh anl ` u zu` d ou le.
They say that mountain path up ahead is the steepest one.
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A:
bi e p` a, y ou w o ne.
Dont be afraid. You have me.
B:
w o de tl` y e b` u ch` a!
Im not in bad shape myself!
A:
h eh e, n` a w omen zhu ajn shji an!
Heh-heh. Then lets get a move on!
B:
n k` an yu anch` u, du o pi ` aoliang, sh anf eng d ou z` ai y unw` u
zh ong.
Look in the distance, its so pretty. The mountain peaks are
all covered in a cloudy fog.
A:
l ai Hu angsh an ji ` ush` y` ao k` an y unh ai, qs ong h e gu` aish.
Coming to Yellow Mountain is all about seeing the sea of
clouds, the rare pines and odd rock formations.
B:
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zh` e d` ag` ai ji ` ush` chu anshu o zh ong de xi anj`ng ba.
So this must be the paradise of legends huh?
A:

zh` eme m ei, l ` ei y e zhd e. b` ugu` o xi ` ash an de shhou k ey zu` o

l anch e.
Its so beautiful, its worth getting so tired. On the way down
though, we can take the cable car.
B:
w o c ai b` u zu` o l anch e ne.
I, for one, am not taking the cable car.
Key Vocabulary
Yngk` es ong Welcoming Guest Pine
yngji e to welcome
k` er en guest
zh` an gu` oq` u stand over there
p ai to take a photo, to lm
zh ang [measure word for
photos]
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zh` aopi anr photograph
m eijng beautiful scenery
ch uf a to set out
jngdi an scenic spot
j ` ushu o it is said
y du` an a section
sh anl ` u mountain path
d ou steep
tl` physical strength
ch` a poor
zhu ajn shji an to hurry
yu anch` u distant place
sh anf eng mountain peak
y unw` u cloudy fog
Hu angsh an Yellow Mountain
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y unh ai sea of clouds
qs ong rare pines
gu` aish odd rock formations
chu anshu o legend
xi anj`ng paradise
zhd e to be worthwhile
xi ` ash an to descend a mountain
l anch e cable car
c ai [emphatic marker]
Supplementary Vocabulary
f engjng scenery
zu` o gu` oq` u sit over there
tngshu o to have heard
sh ent body
w` u fog
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qgu` ai strange
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