Learning Chinese: wǔyè qiǎnɡɡòu

2017-11-14

Midnight shopping spree

午夜抢购

(wǔyè qiǎnɡɡòu)

A: Hey, I'm planning to stay up until midnight for a sale, are you ready?

嗨, 我要熬夜在零点抢购了, 你准备好了吗?

(hèi, wǒyào áoyè zài línɡdiǎn qiǎnɡɡòu le, nǐ zhǔnbèi hǎo le ma? )

B: But I don't know what I want to buy. There are soo many things that everything has become a blur.

可是我不知道要买什么, 东西太多看的我有些眼花缭乱了。

(kěshì wǒ bù zhīdào yào mǎi shénme, dōnɡxī tàiduō kànde wǒ yǒuxiē yǎnhuā liáoluàn le.)

A: Heavens. Hurry up and look here. This cell phone is a really good deal! It's only 199, when the original price was 2000.

天呐。快看, 这部手机实在是太划算了!现价只要199, 原价要整整2000块钱呢!

(tiān na. kuàikàn, zhèbù shǒujī shízài shì tài huásuàn le!xiànjià zhǐyào yībǎi jiǔshíjiǔ, yuánjià yào zhěnɡzhěnɡ liǎnɡqiān kuàiqián ne!)

B: Really? So let's set an alarm for our midnight shopping spree.

这是真的吗?那咱们来设定一个闹钟, 准备一起午夜抢购吧。

(zhèshì zhēnde ma?nà zánmen lái shèdìnɡ yīɡè nàozhōnɡ, zhǔnbèi yīqǐ wǔyè qiǎnɡɡòu ba.)

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