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Published: Apr 20, 2022 06:15 PM
Chat attack

blood orange / 血橙 / (xuèchénɡ)

A: Ah! Why is your hand bleeding? 

哎呀,你的手怎么流血了?

(āiya, nǐde shǒu zěnme liúxuè le?)

B: Don't panic. This liquid that looks like blood is actually from the blood orange I'm eating.  

不要紧张,这像血液一样的液体其实来自我正在吃的这个血橙。

(bùyào jǐnzhānɡ, zhè xiànɡ xuèyè yīyànɡ de yètǐ qíshí láizì wǒ zhènɡzài chīde zhèɡè xuèchénɡ.)

A: What's a blood orange?   

血橙是什么呢?

(xuèchénɡ shì shenme ne?)

B: A blood orange has pretty much the same sweet and sour taste of a regular orange, but the meat has a dark red or dark purple-red "blood vessels," so people call it a blood orange. 

血橙有着和一般甜橙差不多的酸甜口味,但果肉中带有深红色或暗紫色的"血丝"因此被人们称为血橙。

(xuèchénɡ yǒuzhe hé yībān tiánchénɡ chàbùduō de suāntián kǒuwèi, dàn ɡuǒròu zhōnɡ dàiyǒu shēnhónɡsè huò ànzǐsè de "xuèsī" yīncǐ bèi rén mén chēnɡwéi xuèchénɡ.)

A: Really? That sounds interesting. Is this type of blood orange grown in China?

真的吗?这听起来很有意思,这种血橙在中国有种植吗?

(zhēnde ma?zhè tīnɡqǐlái hěnyǒu yìsī, zhèzhǒnɡ xuèchénɡ zài zhōnɡɡuó yǒu zhǒnɡzhí ma?)

B: Of course ! They are cultivated all over China with the main areas of production being the provinces of Sichuan and Jiangxi.   

当然。中国各地有大量栽培,在中国的主产区为四川省和江西省。

(dānɡrán.zhōnɡɡuó   ɡèdì yǒu dàliànɡ zāipéi, zài zhōnɡɡuó de zhǔchǎnqū wéi sìchuān shěnɡ hé jiānɡxī shěnɡ.)

A: I'll definitely have to try one next time.

那我下次一定要试试看。

(nàwǒ xiàcì yīdìnɡ yào shìshì kàn.)
Illustrations:Liu Xidan/GT

Illustrations:Liu Xidan/GT