Illustration: Xia Qing

Beijing Dialect

Know somebody well

肚子里的蛔虫

(dùzilǐ de huíchónɡ)

A: I wish I hadn't thrown away that reading list!

我希望我没有把读书单扔了。

(wǒ xīwànɡ wǒ méiyǒu bǎ dúshūdān rēnɡ le.)

B: I know. That's why I picked it up from the dust bin and put it on the desk.

我知道。所以我从废纸篓里面捡起来放到你桌子上了。

(wǒ zhīdào. suǒyǐ wǒ cónɡ fèizhǐlǒu lǐmian jiǎn qǐlai fànɡdào nǐ zhuōzi shànɡ le.)

A: You know me so well!

你真是我肚子里的蛔虫！

(nǐ zhēnshì wǒ dùzilǐ de huíchónɡ!)

B: Of course, we've been friends for years!

当然,我们是多年的朋友！

(dānɡrán, wǒmen shì duōnián de pénɡyou!)