Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Cultural Insight through Chinese sit-com
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I've been looking for a clip from my favourite Chinese TV show 马大帅 for ages, with little success on YouTube, but I finally found some on one of the Chinese versions of YouTube, tv.mofile.com
If you live or have lived in China, you'll recognise the setting as a KTV room, the number one recreational location for Chinese people. The man sitting down is the owner of the establishment, and he's asked the other guy to set him up with his niece, by arranging for them to sing karaoke together. Only neither of them is very outgoing, so the girl's uncle takes it upon himself to set the atmosphere.
At the end, he says:
唱得不好,请多多指教,给点掌声。
I sing badly, please advise me, give me a little applause.
This show is full of classic moments, I'll try to transcribe some if I can find any more good ones.
I've been looking for a clip from my favourite Chinese TV show 马大帅 for ages, with little success on YouTube, but I finally found some on one of the Chinese versions of YouTube, tv.mofile.com
If you live or have lived in China, you'll recognise the setting as a KTV room, the number one recreational location for Chinese people. The man sitting down is the owner of the establishment, and he's asked the other guy to set him up with his niece, by arranging for them to sing karaoke together. Only neither of them is very outgoing, so the girl's uncle takes it upon himself to set the atmosphere.
At the end, he says:
唱得不好,请多多指教,给点掌声。
I sing badly, please advise me, give me a little applause.
This show is full of classic moments, I'll try to transcribe some if I can find any more good ones.
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posted by Dan at 12:05 AM
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hi,it's nice to see you
I'm very interested in your blog and your improvement of learning Chinese.
I am a Chinese girl and I am learning English now. I think maybe we can learn from each other.
我们也许可以互相帮助，你教我英文，我教你中文。
马大帅 is good fun. If you like that then 《贫嘴张大民的幸福生活》might also be worth a look - similar kind of feel I thought.
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