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Today, Lele is going to teach me about his favorite DINOSAURS. We’d really love to hear about your favorite dinosaurs too! Send us a message on IG to let us know!

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For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 5:55!

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 Pterodactyl 翼龍 yì lóng

Spinosaurus棘背龍 jí bèi lóng

Ankylosaurus甲龍 jiǎ lóng

Brachiosaurus 腕龍 wàn lóng

Tyrannosaurus Rex霸王龍 bàwáng long

Triceratops三角龍 sānjiǎo lóng

Stegosaurus 劍龍 jiàn lóng

Velociraptor迅猛龍 xùnměng lóng

Therizinosaurus镰刀龙liándāo long

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Today, we will be doing a storytelling of Alex’ Good Fortune by Benson Shum. You can buy a copy of the book HERE and follow along with the story.

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For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:57!

Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram @leleandmonkey

You can also message through facebook: 

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And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!

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新年快樂 xīnnián kuàilè
恭喜發財 gōngxǐ fācái 
紅包 hóngbāo
新年遊行 xīnnián yóuxíng 
龍 lóng
舞獅杆 wǔ shī gān
鼓 gǔ
鈸 bó
鞭炮 biānpào
這是什麽意思 zhè shì shénmó yìsi
好運 hǎoyùn
恭喜發財紅包拿來 gōngxǐ fācái hóngbāo ná lái 心想事成 xīn xiǎng shì chéng
傳統 chuántǒng
打掃 dǎsǎo
包餃子 bāo jiǎozi
長壽 chángshòu
年夜大餐 nián yè dà cān
元宵節 yuánxiāo jié
燈籠 dēnglóng
慶祝 qìngzhù

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For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 4:52!

Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram @leleandmonkey

You can also message through facebook: 

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And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!

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農曆新年 nónglì xīnnián

過年 guònián

中國新年 zhōngguó xīnnián

奶奶 nǎinai 

包餃子 bāo jiǎozi

水餃 shuǐjiǎo

鍋貼 guōtiē

蒸餃 zhēng jiǎo

水餃shuǐjiǎo.

錢 qián

硬幣 yìngbì

買東西 mǎi dōngxī

你想買什麽東西? nǐ xiǎng mǎi shénmó dōngxī

紅紙條 hóng zhǐ tiáo

保護自己 bǎohù zìjǐ

把怪獸嚇走 bǎ guàishòu xià zǒu

火鍋 huǒguō

魚餅 yú bǐng

牛肉 niúròu

盆菜 pén cài 

肉 ròu

蘿蔔 luóbo

豆腐 dòufu

青菜 qīngcài

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For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:50!

Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram @leleandmonkey

You can also message through facebook: 
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And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :)  Talk to you soon!

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女孩子 nǚ háizi

男孩子 nán háizi

幾歲 jǐ suì

一歲 yī suì

可不可愛 kěbù kě'ài

誰比較高 shéi bǐjiào gāo? 

分享玩具fēnxiǎng wánjù

搶玩具 qiǎng wánjù

我很想要他長大 wǒ hěn xiǎng yào tā zhǎngdà

忍耐 rěnnài

推 tuī

哥哥 gēge

弟弟 dìdì

姐姐/姊姊 jiějiě/jiě jie

妹妹 mèi mei

照顧 zhàogù

不要 bùyào

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For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:31!

Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram: https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey.

You can also message through facebook:
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And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :) Talk to you soon!

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In today’s episode, we played a grocery shopping game. I printed out pictures of vegetables and fruits and pinned them on a magnetic bulletin board. Using colored cards, I asked Lele to help me shop for vegetables and fruits based on color!

Good helper

hǎo bāng shǒu

好幫手

Grocery Shopping

mǎi cài

買菜

Veg Fruit (Produce)

shū guǒ

蔬果

Vegetables

shū cài

蔬菜

Fruit

shuǐ guǒ

水果

Brown

zōng sè, kā fēi sè

棕色,咖啡色

Mushroom

mó gū, xiāng gū

蘑菇,香菇

Purple

zǐ sè

紫色

Grapes

pú táo

葡萄

Yellow

huáng sè

黃色

Lemon

níng méng

檸檬

Banana

xiāng jiāo

香蕉

Corn

yù mǐ, sù mǐ

玉米,粟米

Green

lǜ sè

綠色

Broccoli

xī lán huā cài

西蘭花菜

Lettuce

shēng cài

生菜

Kiwi

qí yì guǒ

奇異果

Orange color

chéng sè, jú huáng sè

橙色,橘黃色

Orange fruit

chéng zi, jú zi

橙子,橘子

Carrot

hóng luó bó, hú luó bó

紅蘿蔔,胡蘿蔔

White

bái sè

白色

Cauliflower

huā yē cài

花椰菜

Blue

lán sè

藍色

Blueberry

lán méi

藍莓

Red

hóng sè

紅色

Apple

píng guǒ

蘋果

Tomato

fān jiā, xī hóng shì

番茄,西紅柿

Strawberry

cǎo méi

草莓

Wow, we went over a lot of different colors, vegetables and fruits. But there are still so many that we didn’t talk about! Can you think of one that we missed? We’d l

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Today, Lele and Mommy reminisce about their recent Staycation!

For early Chinese learners, if the full Chinese section is too intimidating, you can get to the bilingual section at 3:15!

Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram: https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey.

You can also message through facebook:
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And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :) Talk to you soon!

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A few weeks ago we went on a staycation.

We got to stay in a hotel, eat lots of good food, do some shopping and visit a local farm.

zhái dù jià

宅度假

zhù zài nǎ lǐ?

住在哪裡?

jiǔ diàn

酒店

Lele usually sleeps in a Kidco Peapod tent when we stay in hotels.

He has a really hard time falling asleep when he’s in our bed and we’ve found that putting him in a tent has been a good solution for all of us.

zhàng péng

帳篷

We went to a local farm.

There were a few different animals but the only ones we visited were the Alpacas.

wǒ men qù nǎ lǐ wán?

我們去哪裡玩?

nóngchǎng

農場

yáng tuó

羊駝

yáng

These Alpacas were so cute and furry but they were so aggressive!

One even kicked me because I was passing out the food too slowly.

I’ll post a video of it on my IG.

We also rode these beautiful Swan shaped peddle boats.

It was one of the few times Lele has been on a boat.

He still doesn’t know how to swim or float yet so I’m pretty nervous whenever we are around bodies of water.

zuò chuán

坐船

jiù shēng yī

救生衣

Lele and Daddy found a LONG slide and rode it several times. It was so fun! Watch the video on our IG.

liū huá tī

溜滑梯

My favorite part of vacations? Buying souvenirs!!

Lele and Mommy both wanted stuffed alpacas so we got a blue one that Lele liked.

He named it Paco (sounds like Alpaca).

jì niàn pǐn

記念品

wán ǒu

玩偶

We had a great time sharing about our staycation with you guys!

Thanks for listening and looking forward to chatting again soon! Talk to you next time!

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This episode has religious content!! We will be talking about Easter from a Christian perspective.

I tried a new format for this podcast. I'd love to hear your thoughts on whether its more or less helpful! :)

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Egg 1 - Leaf

zōng zhī quán rì
棕枝全日

fù huó jié yī zhōu qián, yé sū qí zhe lǘ zi jìn rù yé lù sā lěng。
復活節一周前,耶穌騎著驢子進入耶路撒冷。

nà shí hòu, rén men hěn gāo xìng kàn dào tā, huān yíng tā。
那時候,人們很高興看到他,歡迎他。

dàn wǒ men zhī dào bù dào yī gè xīng qī, tā men de xīn qíng jiù huì gǎi biàn。
但我們知道不到一個星期,他們的心情就會改變。

Egg 2 - Bread

miàn bāo
麵包

shèng cān
聖餐

yé sū ná qǐ yī tiáo miàn bāo zhù xiè le, bǎ miàn bāo bāi kāi fēn gěi zhòng mén tú, shuō:
耶穌拿起一條麵包祝謝了,把麵包擘開分給眾門徒,說:

「zhè miàn bāo shì wǒ de shēn tǐ, měi cì nǐ men zhào zhe zhè yàng zuò, wèi de shì yào jì niàn wǒ。]
「這麵包是我的身體,每次你們照著這樣做,為的是要記念我。]

Egg 3 - Thorns
In this episode, I use this word 兵人。bīng rén - should be jūn rén or bīng dīng
兵人 - should be 軍人or 兵丁


jīng jí
荊棘

guān miǎn
冠冕

jiān jiān de
尖尖的

Egg 4 - Nails

dīng zi
釘子

dìng

Egg 5

shí zì jià
十字架

yé sū zài shí zì jià shàng sǐ le。
耶穌在十字架上死了。

Egg 6 - Rock
shí kuài
石塊

fén mù
墳墓

yé sū sǐ hòu, tā de péng yǒu men bǎ tā de shēn tǐ fàng zài yī gè dà fén mù lǐ。
耶穌死後,祂的朋友們把祂的身體放在一個大墳墓裡。

tā men bǎ yī kuài dà yòu yuán de shí tóu bǎ mù xué kǒu fēng bì。
他們把一塊大石頭把墓穴口封閉。

Egg 7 - Empty
kōng de
空的

fùhuó
復活

xīshēng
犧牲

shěmìng
捨命

zuìrén
罪人

And at the end, I give Lele some chocolate! :)

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Hi everyone! I'm so glad that you can join us on this podcast about taxis and buses and exploring different places in Hong Kong. I know I breeze through these words pretty quickly in this episode, but fear not! I will be dedicating full episodes towards supermarkets, parks, and ocean park in the near future! :)

Please send me feedback, comments and requests through Instagram: https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey.

You can also message through facebook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/leleandmonkey/

And as usual, if you like this episode, give us review and share us with your friends! :) Talk to you soon!

PS Apologies for the screaming kids in the background LOL. I was recording the second half during midday and the kids playing outside were having a lot of fun >.<!

Taxi
de shì
的士 (HK)

chū zū chē
出租車 (Mainland)

jì chéng chē
計程車 (Taiwan)

Call a taxi
jiào jì chéng chē
叫計程車

Supermarket
chāo jí shì chǎng
超級市場

Ride bus
dā bā shì
搭巴士

Also, ride bus
dā gōng chē
搭公車

Dolphin
hǎi tún
海豚

Panda
xióng māo
熊貓 (HK, mainland)

Also panda,
māo xióng
貓熊 (Taiwan)

Park
gōng yuán
公園

Playground
yóu lè chǎng
遊樂場

Act of Swinging
dàng qiū qiān
盪鞦韆

Act of Sliding
liū huá tī
溜滑梯

Spring rider
yáo yáo fēi jī
搖搖飛機

Uber
yōu bù
優步

License plate
chē pái
車牌

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Hi there! One of the reviewers requested show notes and I’m figuring out how to do it! :D I hope this is helpful. I will also put some recommendations and pictures on my Instagram to go along with each episode. https://instagram.com/leleandmonkey

In today’s episode, we talk about SHARING! I start off by asking Lele if he likes to share. 

nǐ xǐ bù xǐ huān fēn xiǎng wán jù?
你喜不喜歡分享玩具?

fēn xiǎng
分享

wán jù
玩具

jǔ yī gè lì zi
舉一個例子

We didn’t really talk about this one on the podcast but it’s an important one! 搶means to snatch/take/grab. 
qiǎng

gāo xìng
高興

kāi xīn
開心

nǐ gǎn jué zěn me yàng
你感覺怎麼樣

shēng qì
生氣

wǒ men yī qǐ wán
我們一起玩

yī qǐ wán
一起玩

bǐng gān
餅乾

gǔ lì
鼓勵

bié rén
別人

wǒ yào
我要

zhè shì wǒ de
這是我的

shū

kǎo lǜ bié rén
考慮別人

lǐ jiě
理解

xìng fú
幸福

gěi wán jù
給玩具

fēn xiǎng wán jù
分享玩具

yī qǐ wán
一起玩

péng yǒu
朋友

kuài lè fēn xiǎng gēn hǎo wán
快樂分享跟好玩