A Tongue Twister: The Big Rabbit And The Small Rabbit

Dàtù dùzi dà,  xiǎotù dùzi xiǎo.
大兔  肚子大,小兔   肚子 小。

The abdomen of the big rabbit is big. The abdomen of the small rabbit is small.
Dàtù bǐ xiǎotù  dùzi dà,  xiǎotù bǐ  dàtù dùzi xiǎo.
大兔 比 小兔    肚子大,小兔    比 大兔  肚子 小。

The big rabbit’s abdomen is bigger than the small rabbit’s abdomen. The small rabbit’s abdomen is smaller than the big rabbit’s abdomen.

Vocabulary

大    adjective   dà   big
Wǒ yǒu yígè dà píngguǒ.
我   有   一个 大  苹果。

I have a big apple.
小   adjective   xiǎo   small
Wǒ de shǒu bǐ māma de shǒu xiǎo.
我   的   手   比 妈妈    的  手     小。

My hands are smaller than my mother’s hands.
肚子   noun   dùzi   abdomen
Māma, wǒ dùzi téng!
妈妈,  我 肚子 疼!

Mum, I have a pain in my abdomen.
兔子   noun   tùzi   rabbit
Tùzi zhēn kě’ài.
兔子 真     可爱。

The rabbit is so lovely.
Exercises:
1. What’s the opposite of the word “大(dà)?”
A. 小(xiǎo)
B. 高(gāo)
C. 长(cháng)
2. What’s the meaning of “肚子(dùzi)? ”
A. foot
B. head
C. abdomen
3. Which animal has red eyes?
A. 猫(māo)
B. 兔子(tùzi)
C. 狗(gǒu)

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