Illustration: Xia Qing
Chat attack
A: Hi Li, how was your Spring Festival?
小李,春节过得怎么样啊？
(xiǎo lǐ ,chūn jiē guò dé zěn me yàng ā ？)
B: Forget it! I devoted all my festival time to visiting relatives and being visited. What about you?
别提了, 天天不是去别人家走亲戚,就是有人到我家串门儿。你呢？
(bié tí le , tiān tiān bú shì qù bié rén jiā zǒu qīn qī ,jiù shì yǒu rén dào wǒ jiā chuàn mén ér 。nǐ ne ？)
A: I traveled to Lijiang with my family and had a nice festival.
我和家人去丽江旅游了。
(wǒ hé jiā rén qù lì jiāng lǚ yóu le 。)
B: That sounds wonderful. I'll think about going away for Spring Festival next year.
真不错,明年我也要考虑一下旅游过年。
(zhēn bú cuò ,míng nián wǒ yě yào kǎo lǜ yī xià lǚ yóu guò nián 。)