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Mandarin · Chapter 26 · Lesson 20 · Vocabulary

Song: 凤阳花鼓

Play it, read along word by word, then answer the questions. Every word is at your level - the song page teaches the few that are new.

Play the song and read along - tap any word you don't know. Then answer the questions underneath and the lesson completes itself.

凤阳花鼓

Fèngyáng huāgǔ

The Fengyang Flower-Drum Song

Lyrics

第一段

fèngfèng

fèng

zhūhuáng

jiǔ

第二段

yáng

láng

láng

副歌

dōnglóngdōngqiāngdōnglóngdōngqiāng

第三段

luó

luó

fèng

Comprehension drill

4 questions on what you just read. Get one wrong and the story will show you where it says otherwise.

Anonymous Anhui folk song of the Ming and Qing dynasties, first attested in print in the Qianlong-era drama anthology Zhuibaiqiu; the flower-drum genre is entry V-36 in China's national intangible cultural heritage register. Modern celebrity arrangements are separately protected; the underlying words and tune are not. Source text. Translation ours.

Open the full song page for the background to the song.

Lesson 20 of 22 in this chapter

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