Illustration: Xia Qing

Chat attack

照相

(zhào xiànɡ)

Take a photo

A: Stand back a little...Move left. One more step...That's right. Ready? One, two, three, smile! This one is great.

往后站点儿,往左,再向左走一点儿。就这儿。准备好,一、二、三,茄子。这张照片拍得很好。

(wǎnɡ hòu zhàn diǎnr, wǎnɡ zuǒ, zài xiànɡ zuǒ zǒu yīdiǎnr. jiù zhèr. zhǔnbèihǎo, yī, èr, sān, qiézi. zhèzhānɡ zhàopiàn pāide hěnhǎo.)

B: It takes at least ten minutes for you to take one picture.

你拍一张照片起码得十分钟。

(nǐ pāi yīzhānɡ zhàopiàn qǐmǎ dě shífēnzhōnɡ.)

A: Come on. You wouldn't understand. You don't know anything about photography.

哎呀。你不会明白的。你压根儿不懂摄影。

(āiya. nǐ búhuì mínɡbaide. nǐyāɡēnr bùdǒnɡ shèyǐnɡ.)