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童话

tóng huà · tong hua

Traditional 童話

HSK 4Old HSK 6

Meaning

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  1. children's fairy tales
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Chatty wolves

  1. Liangliang

    灯灯(dēngdēng)，你(nǐ)小时候(xiǎoshíhou)最(zuì)喜欢(xǐhuan)哪个(nǎge)童话(tónghuà)

    Dengdeng, what fairy tale did you like best as a child?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)喜欢(xǐhuan)小红帽(xiǎohóngmào)，这(zhè)是(shì)我(wǒ)最(zuì)爱(ài)的(de)童话(tónghuà)

    I liked Little Red Riding Hood. It was my favourite fairy tale.

  3. Liangliang

    为什么(wèishénme)？

    Why?

  4. Dengdeng

    因为(yīnwèi)里面(lǐmiàn)有(yǒu)一只(yīzhī)会(huì)说话(shuōhuà)的(de)大灰狼(dàhuīláng)

    Because in it there is a big wolf who can talk.

  5. Liangliang

    童话(tónghuà)里(lǐ)的(de)狼(láng)，怎么(zěnme)都(dōu)那么(nàme)爱(ài)说话(shuōhuà)

    Why are the wolves in fairy tales all so chatty?

  6. Dengdeng

    可能(kěnéng)因为(yīnwèi)现实(xiànshí)里(lǐ)没人(méirén)跟(gēn)它们(tāmen)说话(shuōhuà)

    Maybe because nobody talks to them in real life.

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2 examples
01

神(shén)仙(xiān)只(zhǐ)在(zài)童(tóng)话(huà)里(lǐ)存(cún)在(zài)。

Fairies exist only in fairy tales.

Tatoeba: Chinese by iiujik · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

小(xiǎo)时(shí)候(hou)妈(mā)妈(ma)常(cháng)给(gěi)我(wǒ)讲(jiǎng)童(tóng)话(huà)故(gù)事(shì)。

When I was little, my mother often told me fairy tales.

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