Chinese Tongue-Twisters
- 酩酊兵丁停定聽
- The drunken soldier stopped and listened.
- 富婦扶夫赴傅府
- A rich woman carried her husband to Fu's mansion.
- 入實驗室襟緊急掣,掘雞掘骨掘雞骨
- Go to the laboratory and press the emergency button, dig for the chicken, dig for the bone, and dig for the chicken bone.
- 西施死時四十四
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Xi Shi (a famous woman) died at age 44.
- 四是四,十是十,十四是十四,四十是四十。你不要把十四说成四十,四十说成十四。
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Four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty. You shouldn't say 'fourteen' as 'forty' or 'forty' as 'fourteen'.
- 四十四头死的石狮子
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(Forty-four dead stone lions)