Another super-simple and very short children’s joke.
老师:“同学们，今天的家庭问题讨论课，讨论‘父子不和’这个题目。秋子同学，你认为要消除父子不和的现象，最好的办法是什么呢？” 秋子起立回答: “老师，最好的办法是:这一次在我的成绩通知单上全填5分！”
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 老 | lǎo | prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people); venerabl… |
| 师 | Shī | surname Shi |
| 同学 | tóng xué | to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate; CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] |
| 们 | men | plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today; the present time; now |
| 的 | de | of; ~'s (possessive particle); (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun); (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis); (used after a noun, verb or adjective to… |
| 家庭 | jiā tíng | family; household; CL:戶|户[hu4] |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 讨 | tǎo | to invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for; to send armed forces to suppress; to denounce or condemn; to marry (a woman); to discuss or study |
| 论 | Lún | abbr. for 論語|论语[Lun2 yu3], The Analects (of Confucius) |
| 课 | kè | subject; course; CL:門|门[men2]; class; lesson; CL:堂[tang2],節|节[jie2]; to levy; tax; form of divination |
| 父子 | fù zǐ | father and son |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 和 | hé | old variant of 和[he2]; surname He; (literary) harmonious (variant of 和[he2]) |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this |
| 题目 | tí mù | subject; title; topic; exercise or exam question (CL:道[dao4]) |
| 秋 | Qīu | surname Qiu; old variant of 秋[qiu1]; used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1] |
| 子 | zǐ | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the rat; viscount, fourth of five orders o… |
| 你 | nǐ | you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2]); you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.) |
| 认为 | rèn wéi | to believe; to think; to consider; to feel |
| 要 | yāo | (bound form) to demand; to coerce |
| 消 | xiāo | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不[bu4] or 只[zhi3] or 何[he2] etc) to need; to require; to take |
| 除 | chú | to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including |
| 现象 | xiàn xiàng | phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best; had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 办 | bàn | to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigat… |
| 法 | fǎ | variant of 法[fa3]; France; French; abbr. for 法國|法国[Fa3 guo2]; Taiwan pr. [Fa4]; old variant of 法[fa3]; law |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion); variant of 是[shi4] |
| 什 | shén | what |
| 么 | má | exclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation… |
| 起立 | qǐ lì | to stand; Stand up! |
| 回答 | huí dá | to reply; to answer; reply; answer |
| 这 | zhè | (pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this; these (followed by a classifier) (in this sense, commonly pr. [zhei4], esp. in Beijing) |
| 一次 | yī cì | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) |
| 在 | zài | to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 成 | Chéng | surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1] |
| 绩 | jì | to spin (hemp etc); merit; accomplishment; Taiwan pr. [ji1] |
| 通知单 | tōng zhī dān | notification; notice; ticket; receipt |
| 上 | shǎng | used in 上聲|上声[shang3 sheng1] |
| 全 | Quán | surname Quan |
| 填 | tiān | to fill or stuff |
| 分 | fēn | to divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad); (bound form) branch of (an organization); sub- (as in 分局[fen1 ju2]); fraction; one tenth (of cert… |
Teacher said: “Students, in today’s Family Issues Discussion Class, the topic is “Father and Son Don’t Get Along”. Student QiuZi, do you know the best way to eliminate an issue with father and son not getting along?” QiuZi immediately answered: “Teacher, the best way to eliminate this problem is to give me five stars on my next report card!”