Chat attack

beautiful China / 大美中国 / (dàměi zhōnɡɡuó)

A: Hurry up and come sit here. Let's try out an online challenge. 

你快坐过来,我们一起来参加一个网络挑战。

(nǐ kuài zuòɡuòlái, wǒmén yīqǐ lái cānjiā yīɡè wǎnɡluò tiāozhàn.)

B: You seem excited, what is this challenge? 

你表现得很激动,是什么挑战呢？

(nǐ biǎoxiàndé hěn jīdònɡ, shìshenme tiāozhàn ne?)

A: This is a challenge where you share your phone wallpaper, and the theme is "beautiful China."    

这是一个分享自己手机屏保照片的挑战,主题就是"大美中国"。

(zhèshì yīɡè fēnxiǎnɡ zìjǐ shǒujī pínɡbǎo zhàopiàn de tiāozhàn, zhǔtí jiùshì "dàměi zhōnɡɡuó".)

B: So you're saying that netizens are having a "beauty contest" where they compare the Chinese landscape photos they use as their phone wallpaper?

你是说网友们将自己拍摄的中国景色作屏保照片放到网络上比美吗？

(nǐ shìshuō wǎnɡyǒumén jiānɡ zìjǐ pāishè de zhōnɡɡuó jǐnɡsè zuò pínɡbǎo zhàopiàn fànɡdào wǎnɡluò shànɡ bǐměi ma?) 

A: You're right. Because of China's vast territory, there is beauty to be found everywhere. Netizens joked that you can take a picture anywhere and it could be used as a phone wallpaper.   

你说的没错。因为中国幅员辽阔,到处都是美景。很多网友都笑称随手拍都能是一张屏保照片。

(nǐ shuōde méicuò.yīnwéi zhōnɡɡuó fúyuán liáokuò, dàochǔ dōushì měijǐnɡ.hěnduō wǎnɡyǒu dōu xiàochēnɡ suíshǒu pāi dōunénɡ shì yīzhānɡ pínɡbǎo zhàopiàn.) 

B: I recently went to Beijing. I'm going to post the pictures of the courtyard houses there.

我最近刚去过北京,我要把在四合院拍的照片发到网上。

(wǒ zuìjìn ɡānɡ qùɡuò běijīnɡ, wǒyào bǎ zài sìhéyuàn pāide zhàopiàn fādào wǎnɡshànɡ.)

Illustration: Chen Xia/Global Times