Source: CCTV.com

02-13-2008 13:56

Words by Zheng Nan  Shi Rencheng
Music by Zheng Nan
Sung by S.H.E
Choreography by Gu Lei

Chinese tongue-twisters are considered the most difficult in the world. In this song, the lyricist uses some of the best-known Chinese tongue-twisters. One of them goes like: Broad is the shoulder pole, long the wooden bench / Shoulder pole longer than the wooden bench / Wooden bench broader than the shoulder pole / Shoulder pole wants to be tied to the wooden bench / Wooden bench denies the shoulder pole

A girl from London buys a mandarin gown for her mother / A boy from Moscow loves dough-drop beef soup / It’s becoming fashionable around the world to speak Chinese / For many years we’ve worked on speaking English / Now it’s the foreigners’ turn to learn something hard / And practise the four tones of Chinese / The clever Chinese invented this beautiful language / Many people in the world are learning Chinese / And many people are fascinated by Chinese culture / Let’s talk Chinese in the year 2008 / A girl from New York has opened a meditation lounge bar / A boy from Berlin combines the Chinese huqin with the electric guitar / Many people in the world are learning Chinese / And many people are fascinated by Chinese culture / Let’s talk Chinese in the year 2008 

 

Editor:Liu Fang