對話 Dialogue
清清：唉！像婦女節這麼重要的日子，為什麼剛好就在三八這一天？聽起來很不舒服。
Qīngqing: Āi! Xiàng Fùnǚ jié zhème zhòngyào de rìzǐ, wèishénme gānghǎo jiù zài Sānbā zhè yì tiān? Tīngqǐlái hěn bù shūfú.
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華華：三月八號這個婦女節，是從西方國家來的，西方人哪裡知道中文的「三八」有特別的意思？
Huáhua: Sān yuè bā hào zhège Fùnǚ jié, shì cóng xīfāng guójiā lái de, xīfāng rén nǎlǐ zhīdào Zhōngwén de “Sānbā” yǒu tèbié de yìsi?
清清：其實我也不明白，中文為什麼會用這個詞，來說女人的壞話。
Qīngqing:Qíshí wǒ yě bù míngbái, Zhōngwén wèishénme huì yòng zhèige cí, lái shuō nǚrén de huàihuà.
華華：雖然是壞話，但也是用來形容那些愛八卦、太隨便的女人，這種人本來就很討厭啊！
Huáhua: Suīrán shì huàihuà, dàn yěshì yònglái xíngróng nèixiē ài bāguà, tài suíbiàn de nǚrén, zhè zhǒng rén běnlái jiù hěn tǎoyàn a!
清清：不過有時候我跟好朋友開玩笑，她們罵我三八啦！就不真是壞話了。
Qīngqing: Búguò yǒushíhòu wǒ gēn hǎo péngyǒu kāiwánxiào, tāmen mà wǒ sānbā la, jiù bù zhēnshì huàihuà le.
華華：所以，好好過你的婦女節就好，想那麼多幹嘛？真是三八！
Huáhua: Suǒyǐ, hǎohǎo guò nǐ de Fùnǚ jié jiù hǎo, xiǎng nàme duō gànmá? Zhēnshì sānbā!
清清：看在我們是好朋友的份上，我就不認為你是在說我的壞話了。
Qīngqing: Kànzài wǒmen shì hǎo péngyǒu de fènshàng, wǒ jiù bú rènwéi nǐ shì zài shuō wǒ de huàihuà le.
華華：呵呵呵！那我就先祝「三八」婦女節快樂啦！
Huáhua: Hēhēhē! Nà wǒ jiù xiān zhù “Sānbā” Fùnǚ jié kuàilè la!
翻譯 Translation
Qingqing: Sigh. Why does such an important day like International Women’s Day have to fall on “3/8” (March 8)? The Chinese pronunciation sanba sounds so unpleasant.
Huahua: March 8 International Women’s Day actually comes from Western countries. How would Westerners know that “3/8” has a special meaning in Chinese?
Qingqing: Actually, I don’t really know why Chinese uses this pejorative term when speaking about women.
Huahua: It’s a negative term, but it’s mainly used to describe gossipy or overly flirtatious women. Those kinds of people are annoying anyway.
Qingqing: But sometimes, when I joke around with my good friends and they call me sanba, it doesn’t feel like an insult.Huahua: Exactly. So just enjoy your International Women’s Day and don’t overthink it. Don’t be so “3/8.”
Qingqing: As we’re good friends, I won’t take that as an insult.
Huahua: Haha. I wish my dearest “3/8” a happy Women’s Day!
生詞 Vocabulary
1. 三八 (sānbā) [slang] a gossiping or silly woman
2. 婦女節 ((Fùnǚ jié) Women’s Day
3. 西方 (xīfāng) Western
4. 詞 (cí) word, vocabulary
5. 形容 (xíngróng) describe, characterize
6. 八卦 (bāguà) [slang] gossip
7. 罵 (mà) scold, curse, insult
8. 看在…的份上 ((kànzài. . . de fènshàng) for the sake of. . .
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