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Published: May 13, 2021 06:13 PM
Chat attack

mistake/ 错认/ (cuò rèn)

A: What are you looking at? You're laughing so hard you can't even close your mouth.

你看什么呢?嘴巴笑的都合不拢。

(nǐkàn shenme ne?zuǐbā xiàode dōu hébùlǒnɡ.)

B: Come here, I'll show you. This panda is really cute. It mistook the employee wearing a cartoon panda outfit who was standing on the other side of the glass for its own kind. It is so adorable. 

来,我给你看。这只大熊猫实在是太可爱了,它把站在玻璃外穿熊猫卡通服的工作人员错认成了自己的同类。它太可爱啦。

(lái, wǒ ɡěinǐ kàn. zhèzhī dàxiónɡmāo shízài shì tàikěài le, tābǎ zhànzài bōlí wài chuān xiónɡmāo kǎtōnɡfú de ɡōnɡzuò rényuán cuòrèn chénɡle zìjǐ de tónɡlèi. tā tàikěài lā.)

A: Yeah, that's really cute. Looking at the position of its limbs, when it's two hands are on its lap, it looks like it wants to talk to this mistaken panda about who is bigger.

是啊,真是很可爱。我看它的肢体动作,双手放在腰上,仿佛是要跟这只被误认的熊猫理论一下,谁个头更大呢。

(shìā, zhēnshì hěn kěài.wǒkàn tāde zhītǐ dònɡzuò, shuānɡshǒu fànɡzài yāoshànɡ, fǎnɡfu shì yào ɡēn zhèzhī bèi wùrènde xiónɡmāo lǐlùn yīxià, shuí ɡètóu ɡènɡ dà ne.)

B: From this case, it seems that animals maybe animals know what they look like. Thinking about it, it is rather incredible.

从这个例子看来,动物也许是知道自己长相的,这想想挺奇妙的。

(cónɡ zhèɡè lìzǐ kànlái, dònɡwù yěxǔ shì zhīdào zìjǐ zhánɡxiānɡ de, zhè xiǎnɡxiǎnɡ tǐnɡ qímiào de.)

A: Yes, I can picture that in my mind. That does sound quite incredible. 

没错,听起来是挺奇妙的。

(méicuò, tīnɡqǐlái shì tǐnɡ qímiào de.)

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT

Illustration: Liu Xidan/GT