What do the Gobi desert and this kid’s dad have in common?
老师: “沙漠是一块又长又宽的地方，上面光光的，什么东西都不长。” 小学生: “老师，我明白了。我爸爸的秃头就是一片沙漠。”
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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 |
| 沙 | sha | sand; granule; (of voice) hoarse; surname Sha |
| 漠 | mǒ | desert |
| 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] |
| 一块 | yī kuài | a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspec… |
| 又 | yòu | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway |
| 长 | cháng | long; (bound form) length; (bound form) strong point; forte; (bound form) to be good at; (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. [zhang4]) |
| 宽 | Kuān | surname Kuan |
| 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… |
| 地方 | dì fāng | region; regional (away from the central administration); local |
| 上面 | shàng miàn | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shang4 mian5] |
| 光光 | guāng guāng | bright; shiny; smooth; naked; bald; penniless |
| 什 | shén | what |
| 么 | má | exclamatory final particle; variant of 麼|么[me5] |
| 东 | Dōng | surname Dong |
| 西 | Xī | the West; abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2]; Spanish |
| 都 | Dū | surname Du |
| 不 | bù | no; not so; (bound form) not; un- |
| 小学生 | xiǎo xué shēng | primary school student; schoolchild; CL:個|个[ge4],名[ming2]; (fig.) beginner |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable; to understand; to realize |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (bound form) clear in one's mind; to understand clearly |
| 爸爸 | bà ba | (coll.) father; dad; CL:位[wei4] |
| 秃 | ||
| 头 | tóu | head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; classifier for pigs or livestock; CL:個|个[ge4] |
| 就是 | jìu shì | exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if |
| 一 | yī | one; single; a (article); as soon as; entire; whole; all; throughout; "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1); also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out … |
| 片 | piān | disk; sheet |
Teacher: “A desert is a long, wide place, its surface is very bright, and not a single thing grows there.” Primary School Student: “Teacher, I understand. My father’s bald head is a strip of desert.”