EP148 吃苦 Eat “Pains”

 Chinese 101: Have you ever “吃” (eat) pains?

 

Grammar: Expressing purpose with "为了weile"

 

Language Tips：Different Usages of Chinese Character “吃eat”

 

Song：《一起吃苦的幸福》 By 周华健 Emil Wakin Chau

 

Dialogue:

 

A: 好久不见，你瘦了好多啊！

 

Hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn, nǐ shòu le hǎo duō a!

 

Long time no see, you are much thinner!

 

B: 我为了减肥，吃了很多苦。

 

Wǒ wèi le jiǎnféi, chī le hěn duō kǔ.

 

I’ve suffered a lot in order to lose weight.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【好久不见】hǎo jiǔ bú jiàn：long time no see

 

【瘦】shòu: thin, skinny

 

【为了】wèi le: in order to

 

【减肥】jiǎn féi: lose weight

 

【吃苦】chī kǔ: have a rough time；bear hardships