Chat attack

imitate

模仿

(mófǎnɡ) 

A: Have you known that child internet celebrity recently? The one that specializes in imitating teachers. He imitates them to the point he is indistinguishable from the original. He makes me laugh so much.

最近你知道一个网红小朋友吗？专门模仿老师,而且模仿得惟妙惟肖,逗死我了。

(zuìjìn nǐzhīdào yīɡè wǎnɡhónɡ xiǎopénɡyǒuma? zhuānmén mófǎnɡ lǎoshī, érqiěmófǎnɡdé wéimiào wéixiāo, dòusǐ wǒle.) 

B: Haha. You mean Zhong Meimei? Her imitations are very accurate. Watching her videos brings back many memories of my primary school teachers. I remember my primary school Chinese teacher was the same as her imitations. She was really mean, I was really afraid of her back then. 

哈哈,你说的是钟美美吧？确实模仿挺像的,看她的视频勾起来我许多关于小学老师的回忆,我记得我的一位小学语文老师就和她模仿的一样,特别凶,当时还特别怕她。

(hāhā, nǐshuōde shì zhōnɡměiměiba? quèshí mófǎnɡ tǐnɡxiànɡde, kàntāde shìpín ɡōuqǐlái wǒxǔduō ɡuānyú xiǎoxuél ǎoshīde huíyì, wǒjìdé wǒdeyīwèi xiǎoxué yǔwén lǎoshī jiùhé tāmófǎnɡde yīyànɡ, tèbiéxiōnɡ, dānɡshí háitèbié pàtā.)

A: I was too. But I was an obedient student, so the teacher never scolded me.  

我也是,不过我当时是个乖学生,没有怎么被老师说过。

(wǒyěshì, bùɡuò wǒdānɡshí shìɡè ɡuāixuéshēnɡ, méiyǒu zěnme bèi lǎoshī shuōɡuò.)

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