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第一次下雪 · First Snow

Dì yī cì xià xuě — A southerner sees snow for the first time.

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Every word shows its pinyin above the characters. The English translation follows each line.

shì南方人,nánfāngrénméi见过jiàn guo雪。xuě

I'm from the south, I had never seen snow.

去年qùnián冬天dōngtiānle北方。běifāng

Last winter I went to the north.

shì第一次dì yī cì看见kànjiàn雪。xuě

That was the first time I saw snow.

xuěyòubáiyòu软。ruǎn

The snow was white and soft.

外面wàimiàn非常fēicháng冷。lěng

It was extremely cold outside.

可是kěshì还是háishihěn兴奋。xīngfèn

But I was still excited.

朋友péngyou一起yìqǐ打雪仗。dǎ xuězhàng

My friend and I had a snowball fight.

一天yì tiān永远yǒngyuǎn不会bú huì忘。wàng

I will never forget that day.

Vocabulary in this story (32 words)

WordPinyinMeaning
I
shìam
南方人nánfāngrénsoutherner
méihave not
见过jiàn guoseen
xuěsnow
去年qùniánlast year
冬天dōngtiānwinter
went
le(perfective)
北方běifāngthe north
that
第一次dì yī cìfirst time
看见kànjiànseeing
yòuboth
báiwhite
ruǎnsoft
外面wàimiànoutside
非常fēichángextremely
lěngcold
可是kěshìbut
还是háishistill
hěnvery
兴奋xīngfènexcited
and
朋友péngyoufriend
一起yìqǐtogether
打雪仗dǎ xuězhànghad a snowball fight
一天yì tiānday
永远yǒngyuǎnforever
不会bú huìwill not
wàngforget

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