Learning Chinese: hail

2019-05-23

hail

冰雹

(bīnɡbáo)

A: I didn't sleep very well last night, because it was constantly raining outside. It was so noisy.

昨天晚上我一晚都没睡好,因为外面一直在下雨。很吵。

(zuótiān wǎnshànɡ wǒ yīwǎn dōuméi shuìhǎo, yīnwéi wàimiàn yīzhí zàixiàyǔ. hěnchǎo.)

B: It wasn't just rain. We had hail too at my place. Really big pieces of hail.

何止是下雨呀。我们家那边下的是冰雹。很大块儿的冰雹。

(hézhǐ shì xiàyǔ ya. wǒménjiā nàbiān xiàde shìbīnɡbáo. hěndà kuàier de bīnɡbáo.)

A: Anyway, I remember that it started getting especially stuffy and hot yesterday afternoon. I really wanted to go running last night, but since I was afraid it was going to rain, I didn't go.

我记得下午开始就特别闷热。晚上我特别想出去跑步,最后怕中途下雨,就也没去。

(wǒ jìdé xiàwǔ kāishǐ jiùtèbié mènrè. wǎnshànɡ wǒ tèbié xiǎnɡ chūqù pǎobù, zuìhòu pà zhōnɡtú xiàyǔ, jiù yě méiqù.)

B: It's good that you didn't go. Not only would you have gotten soaked, you could have caught a cold.

幸亏你没去。如果去了,你会淋成落汤鸡,而且可能会感冒。

(xìnɡkuī nǐméiqù. rúɡuǒ qùle, nǐ huì línchénɡ luòtānɡjī,érqiě kě'nénɡ huì ɡǎnmào.)

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