德国有一个漂亮的小镇，小镇上有6000多个人，从孩子到大人，都是欧洲人的样子。
但是，他们却说自己是中国人，自己的小镇是中国人的王国，甚至把汉语也作为小镇的官方语言。
每年中国春节，这里都会有热闹的中国狂欢节，大人和孩子都认真地庆祝。
据说，这是因为几百年前这里的人就开始和中国人做生意，慢慢喜欢上了中国文化，就开始过中国狂欢节了。
Hover a word for its pinyin & meaning; click to pin it.
narration saved locally, offline — from https://download.mandarinbean.com/audio?source=aHR0cHM6Ly90cmFmZmljLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vc2VjdXJlL2xlYXJuY2hpbmVzZS8zMTIzLm1wMw&filename=The-Chinese-in-Germany.mp3&signature=2fbb4f5c45cb07790e8d06d48f5c9ac72650d086fef22dcf659e2cc1a51dc45f
| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 德国 | Dé guó | Germany |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 镇 | zhèn | garrison / small town |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 多 | duō | (after a numeral) ... odd |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 孩子 | hái zi | child |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 大人 | dà ren | adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 欧洲 | Ōu zhōu | Europe |
| 样子 | yàng zi | appearance / manner / pattern / model |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 却 | què | but / yet / however / while / nevertheless / even though |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 王国 | wáng guó | kingdom / realm |
| 甚至 | shèn zhì | even; so much so that |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 汉语 | Hàn yǔ | Chinese language |
| 也 | yě | even (extreme or unexpected case) |
| 作为 | zuò wéi | to act as / to view as / to look upon (sth as) / to take sth to be |
| 官方 | guān fāng | official (approved or issued by an authority) |
| 语言 | yǔ yán | language |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 春节 | Chūn jié | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 热闹 | rè nao | bustling with noise and excitement / lively |
| 狂欢节 | kuáng huān jié | carnival |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 庆祝 | qìng zhù | to celebrate |
| 据说 | jù shuō | it is said that; reportedly |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 几百 | jǐ bǎi | several hundred; a few hundred |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 做生意 | zuò shēng yì | to do business |
| 慢慢 | màn màn | slowly; gradually |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 过 | guò | to cross / to go over / to pass (time) / to celebrate (a holiday) / to live / to get along |