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Source:Global Times Published: 2012-10-8 20:10:03

Word on street

Illustration: Xia Qing
Illustration: Xia Qing 

 



二八年华

(èr bā nián huá)

Sweet sixteen

A: I miss those good old days.

真怀念以前的好日子啊。

(zhēn huáiniàn yǐqián de hǎorìzi a.)  

 

B: Me too. What do you miss the most?

是啊。你最怀念什么?

(shì'a. nǐ zuì huáiniàn shénme?)

A: My sweet sixteenth. Time flies. Oh man.

我那一去不复返的二八年华啊。

(wǒ nà yíqù bú fùfǎn de èr bā nián huá a.)   



B: Well, I miss my first love more and how sweet we used to be.

我最怀念我的初恋了,那时候我们真的好甜蜜啊。

(wǒ zuì huáiniàn wǒde chūliàn le, nàshíhou wǒmen zhēnde hǎo tiánmì a.)  



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