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Jasmine Flower Song

last revised October 12, 2004


Hear the song in a .WAV file: folksong1.wav (2.3 MB)
Hear the song in a .MP3 file: folksong1.mp3 (1.6 MB)
 

茉莉花

 

好一朵美麗的茉莉花

好一朵美麗的茉莉花

芬芳美麗滿枝椏

又香又白人人誇

讓我來將你摘下

送給別人家

茉莉花呀茉莉花。

 


papercut from Chinese Papercuts

by Florence Temko

reproduced with permission by China Books and Periodicals


 
duo3 (measure word for blossoms)
美麗  mei3li4 beautiful, beauty
芬芳  fen1fang1 fragrant, fragrance
滿 man2 to fill
枝椏  zhi1ya1 branches
又...又...  you4 ... you4 both ... and ...
人人 ren2ren2 everyone
kua1  praise
ba3 to take
摘下 zhai1xia4 to pluck (down)
song4 to give
別人(家)  bie2ren2jia1 other people

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