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weasel   

黄鼠狼

(huánɡshǔlánɡ) 

A: Previously, whenever someone would talk about weasels, I would think about the story of the weasel who wished the chicken a Happy Chinese New Year. But I saw a video one day that showed a weasel asking people for food on the streets of Wuhan, it was so cute.

以前一说到黄鼠狼,我就想到"黄鼠狼给鸡拜年"。但那天我看到一个视频,有一只黄鼠狼在武汉街头向人讨食物,特别可爱。

(yǐqián yīshuōdào huánɡshǔlánɡ, wǒjiùxiǎnɡdào "huánɡshǔlánɡ ɡěijī bàinián". dànnàtiān wǒkàndào yīɡè shìpín, yǒuyīzhī huánɡshǔlánɡ zàiwǔhàn jiētóu xiànɡrén tǎoshíwù, tèbié kěài.) 

B: Usually, weasels don't get close to human beings, right? 

按理来说,黄鼠狼一般不是很亲近人类吧？

(ànlǐláishuō, huánɡshǔlánɡ yībān búshì hěnqīnjìn rénlèi ba?)

A: I think you're right. But in the video he keeps circling people and even stands up and looks at the food in people's hands. 

我也觉得。但视频里它一直绕着人转,还站起来望着人们手里的食物。

(wǒyě juédé. dàn shìpín lǐ tāyīzhí ràozherén zhuàn, hái zhànqǐlái wànɡzhe rénmén shǒulǐ de shíwù.)

B: I guess that during the lockdown there were no people on the streets, so it got super hungry. 

估计封城期间街上没人,它饿坏了。

(ɡūjì fēnɡchénɡ qījiān jiēshànɡ méirén, tā èhuài le.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT