中国话 [Chinese Language] [English translation]

A carrying pole is wide, a bench is long1

The pole wants to be tied to the bench...

A carrying pole is wide, a bench is long

The pole wants to be tied to the bench...

Marilyn from London bought a qipao dress for her mother

Vasily from Moscow2 fell in love with beef noodles

Various colors of skin, various colors of hair

it's becoming popular to study, to speak Chinese

for so many years we practiced English pronunciation and grammar (yeah~)

in the last few years they, in turn, roll the tongue to learn changing from flat up to varying [tones]

flat flat oblique oblique flat flat oblique [tone]

smart Chinese people, beautiful Chinese language

A carrying pole is wide, a bench is long

the pole wants to be tied to the bench

the bench does not allow the pole to be tied to the bench

the pole insists on being tied to the bench

the bench, unfortunately, does not allow the pole to be tied to the bench

finally, the carrying pole is wide, the bench is long

An older and a younger brothers are sitting before a slope3

lying on the slope is a goose

down the slope is flowing a river

older brother said: "Wide river!"

younger brother said: "White goose!"

the goose wants to cross the river; the river wants to cross the goose

I do not know, the goose crosses the river

(or the river crosses the goose)

The whole world is learning Chinese

the language of Confucius is becoming more and more international

the whole world speaks Chinese

what we say makes the world listen seriously

Susanna from New York opened a meditation Lounge Bar

Wolfgang from Berlin took a huqin fiddle matching the electric guitar

Various colors of skin, various colors of hair

it's becoming popular to study, to speak Chinese

for so many years we practiced English pronunciation and grammar (yeah~)

in the last few years they, in turn, roll the tongue to learn changing from flat up to varying [tones]

flat flat oblique oblique flat flat oblique [tone]

smart Chinese people, beautiful Chinese language

There was a child called Little Du

went out shopping to buy some vinegar and cloth

bought the cloth, got the vinegar

turned back and saw a hawk catching a rabbit

laid down the cloth, put down the vinegar

went forward to chase the hawk and the rabbit

the eagle flew away, the rabbit ran away

the vinegar spilled, the cloth got wet

Mouth said to legs, legs said to mouth [bragged]4

Mouth said legs love running legs [errands]

Legs said mouth loves selling mouth [showing off]

Bright-moving mouth [empty talk] doesn't move legs

Bright-moving legs [only moving legs] doesn't move mouth

Not really long legs and mouth

In the end, does the mouth talk to legs or legs to mouth [brag]

The whole world is learning Chinese

the language of Confucius is becoming more and more international

the whole world speaks Chinese

what we say makes the world listen seriously

{repeat 3 times}

1. Beginning of a popular Chinese tongue twister, continued in the next refrain.2. I've made a wild guess here with the name "Vasily", since 夫司基 (Fusiji) doesn't closely match any Russian name I can think of ("Vasily" really should be something like 瓦西里, Waxili). This 夫司基 is used for transliterating the ending "ovsky" of some Russian surnames like "Tchaikovsky".3. Another Chinese tongue twister.4. Wordplay on similar words resulting in different meanings. I have made literal translations and put the figurative meanings in square brackets.

• Artist:S.H.E
• Album:Play