對話 Dialogue
清清：華華，別忘了這禮拜五晚上，老闆請喝春酒喔！
Q?ngqing: Huahua, bie wangle zhe l?baiw? w?nshang, l?ob?n q?ng h? ch?nji? o!
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華華：啊！我差點忘了，謝謝提醒。
Huahua: A! W? chadi?n wangle, xiexie tix?ng.
清清：老闆人真好，過年前請我們吃尾牙，過完年又請吃春酒。
Q?ngqing: L?ob?n ren zh?n h?o, guonian qian q?ng w?men ch? W?iya, guowan nian you q?ng ch? ch?nji?.
華華：尾牙是感謝我們過去一年的辛勞，春酒是希望我們今年繼續努力啊！
Huahua: W?iya shi g?nxie w?men guoqu yi nian de x?nlao, ch?nji? shi x?wang w?men j?nnian jixu n?li a!
清清：給我加薪，我就努力。
Q?ngqing: G?i w? ji?x?n, w? jiu n?li.
華華：還真是「有錢能使鬼推磨」。
Huahua: Hai zh?n shi “Y?u qian neng sh? gu? tu? mo.”
清清：那還用說。對了！別只顧著吃，頭牙快到了，農曆二月二是土地公生日，記得跟我去拜拜。
Q?ngqing: Na hai yong shu?. Duile! Bie zh? guzhe ch?, Touya kuai daole, nongli er yue er shi T?dig?ng sh?ngri, jide g?n w? qu baibai.
華華：沒問題，東西我來準備，放心吧！一起發大財！
Huahua: Mei wenti, d?ngxi w? lai zh?nbei, fangx?n ba! Yiq? f? dacai!
翻譯 Translation
Q?ngqing: Huahua, don’t forget the boss is hosting the spring party this Friday night.
Huahua: Oh. I almost forgot, thanks for the reminder.
Q?ngqing: The boss is really kind, treating us to the year-end banquet before the New Year and a spring party afterwards.
Huahua: The year-end banquet is to thank us for our hard work last year, while the spring party is to encourage us to keep working hard this year.
Q?ngqing: Give me a raise, and then I’ll work hard.
Huahua: Money really makes the world go round, doesn’t it?
Q?ngqing: You bet. By the way. Don’t just think about eating, the Touya Festival is coming up. The second day of the second lunar month is the Earth God’s birthday. Remember to come to the temple with me.
Huahua: No problem. I’ll prepare the offerings, don’t worry. Let’s strike it rich together.
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 頭牙 (Touya) Touya Festival
(the first lunar sacrifice to the Earth God)
2. 尾牙 (W?iya) Year-end banquet
3. 辛勞 (x?nlao) hard work; toil
4. 加薪 (ji?x?n) a salary increase or raise
5. 農曆 (nongli) lunar calendar
6. 土地公 (T?dig?ng) the Earth God
7. 拜拜 (baibai) to worship;
offer sacrifices to deities
8. 發大財 (f? dacai) to make a great fortune
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