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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 四是四，十是十，十四是十四，四十是四十。 | sì shì sì ， shí shì shí ， shí sì shì shí sì ， sì shí shì sì shí 。 | Four is four, ten is ten, fourteen is fourteen, forty is forty. |
| 吃葡萄不吐葡萄皮，不吃葡萄倒吐葡萄皮。 | chī pú táo bù tǔ pú táo pí ， bù chī pú táo dǎo tǔ pú táo pí 。 | Eating grapes without spitting out the skin, not eating grapes but spitting out the skin. |
| 化肥会挥发。 | huà féi huì huī fā 。 | Fertilizer will volatilize. |
| 黑化肥发灰，灰化肥发黑。 | hēi huà féi fā huī ， huī huà féi fā hēi 。 | Black fertilizer turns gray, gray fertilizer turns black. |
| 黑化肥发灰会挥发；灰化肥挥发会发黑。 | hēi huà féi fā huī huì huī fā ； huī huà féi huī fā huì fā hēi 。 | Black fertilizer turns gray and volatilizes; gray fertilizer volatilizes and turns black. |
| 妞妞牵牛，牛拗妞妞拧牛。 | niū niū qiān niú ， niú ào niū niū nǐng niú 。 | Niu Niu leads the ox, the ox is stubborn and Niu Niu twists the ox. |
| 大花碗里扣个大花活蛤蟆。 | dà huā wǎn lǐ kòu gè dà huā huó há ma 。 | A big flowery live toad is covered in a big flowery bowl. |
| 坡上立着一只鹅，坡下就是一条河。 | pō shàng lì zhe yì zhī é ， pō xià jiù shì yì tiáo hé 。 | A goose stands on the slope, below the slope is a river. |
| 粉红墙上画凤凰，凤凰画在粉红墙。 | fěn hóng qiáng shàng huà fèng huáng ， fèng huáng huà zài fěn hóng qiáng 。 | Paint a phoenix on the pink wall, the phoenix is painted on the pink wall. |
| 红凤凰，粉凤凰，红粉凤凰，花凤凰。 | hóng fèng huáng ， fěn fèng huáng ， hóng fěn fèng huáng ， huā fèng huáng 。 | Red phoenix, pink phoenix, red-pink phoenix, flowery phoenix. |
| 调到敌岛打特盗，特盗太刁投短刀。 | tiáo dào dí dǎo dǎ tè dào ， tè dào tài diāo tóu duǎn dāo 。 | Transferred to the enemy island to fight the special thief, the special thief is too cunning and throws a short knife. |
| 七巷一个漆匠，西巷一个锡匠。 | qī xiàng yí gè qī jiàng ， xī xiàng yí gè xī jiàng 。 | A lacquer craftsman in Lane Seven, a tinsmith in West Lane. |
| 七巷漆匠偷了西巷锡匠的锡，西巷锡匠拿了七巷漆匠的漆。 | qī xiàng qī jiàng tōu le xī xiàng xī jiàng de xī ， xī xiàng xī jiàng ná le qī xiàng qī jiàng de qī 。 | The lacquer craftsman from Lane Seven stole the tin from West Lane's tinsmith, the tinsmith from West Lane took the lacquer from Lane Seven's lacquer craftsman. |
| 老虎堂跑，老鼠洞躲。 | lǎo hǔ táng pǎo ， lǎo shǔ dòng duǒ 。 | The tiger runs in the hall, the mouse hides in the hole. |
| 妈妈骑马，马慢妈妈骂马。 | mā ma qí mǎ ， mǎ màn mā ma mà mǎ 。 | Mom rides a horse, the horse is slow and mom scolds the horse. |
| 杉杉拿三扇扇扇扇子，扇子扇扇杉杉扇。 | shān shān ná sān shàn shàn shàn shàn zi ， shàn zi shàn shàn shān shān shàn 。 | Shanshan takes three fans to fan, the fans fan and fan Shanshan fans. |
| 八百标兵奔北坡，炮兵并排北边跑。 | bā bǎi biāo bīng bēn běi pō ， pào bīng bìng pái běi biān pǎo 。 | Eight hundred soldiers run to the northern slope, artillerymen run side by side to the north. |
| 炮兵怕把标兵碰，标兵怕碰炮兵炮。 | pào bīng pà bǎ biāo bīng pèng ， biāo bīng pà pèng pào bīng pào 。 | Artillerymen fear bumping into soldiers, soldiers fear bumping into artillery guns. |
| 天上一天星，地上一块冰，星照冰，冰映星。 | tiān shàng yì tiān xīng ， dì shàng yí kuài bīng ， xīng zhào bīng ， bīng yìng xīng 。 | A star in the sky, a piece of ice on the ground, the star shines on the ice, the ice reflects the star. |
| 老龙恼怒闹老农，老农恼怒闹老龙。 | lǎo lóng nǎo nù nào lǎo nóng ， lǎo nóng nǎo nù nào lǎo lóng 。 | The old dragon is angry and bothers the old farmer, the old farmer is angry and bothers the old dragon. |
| 红鲤鱼与绿鲤鱼与驴。 | hóng lǐ yú yǔ lǜ lǐ yú yǔ lǘ 。 | Red carp and green carp and donkey. |