Intermediate - Drinking Game (C1208)

A 来,哥们儿,干杯。
lái, gēmenr, gānbēi.
Come on, buddy! Bottoms up!
B 好,干杯。
hǎo, gānbēi.
OK, bottoms up!
A 哎,你说,我们大学毕业以后已经多少年没见了?
āi, nǐ shuō, wǒmen dàxué bìyè yǐhòu yǐjīng duōshao nián méi jiàn le?
Hey...say...how many years has it been since we saw each other after we graduated from college?
B 快十年了吧。
kuài shí nián le ba.
Probably almost ten years.
A 那时候真好呀。学校不让我们喝酒。我们就偷偷地喝。
nà shíhou zhēn hǎo ya. xuéxiào bù ràng wǒmen hējiǔ, wǒmen jiù tōutōu de hē.
That was a great time. The school didn't let us drink. So we drank on the sly.
B 对对对,一边喝,一边猜拳。
duì duì duì, yībiān hē, yībiān cāiquán.
Yeah! We drank and played drinking games with our fingers.
A 要不我们现在也来玩玩?
yàobu wǒmen xiànzài yě lái wánr wanr?
How about we play right now?
B 好啊。我们来数青蛙吧。你先开始。
hǎo a. wǒmen lái shǔ qīngwā ba. nǐ xiān kāishǐ.
Sure. Let's play "count the frogs." You start.
A 好!一只青蛙一张嘴,
hǎo! yī zhī qīngwā yī zhāng zuǐ,
OK! One frog, one mouth
B 两只眼睛四条腿,
liǎng zhī yǎnjing sì tiáo tuǐ,
Two eyes, four legs
A 扑通一声跳下水。
pūtōng yī shēng tiào xià shuǐ.
With a "splish-splash" he jumps into the water
B 两只青蛙两张嘴,
liǎng zhī qīngwā liǎng zhāng zuǐ,
Two frogs, two mouths
A 四只眼睛八条腿,
sì zhī zhī yǎnjing bā tiáo tuǐ,
Four eyes, eight legs
B 扑通、扑通、跳下水。
pūtōng, pūtōng, tiào xià shuǐ.
"Splish-splash, splish-splash," they jump into the water
A 三只青蛙三张嘴,
sān zhī qīngwā sān zhāng zuǐ,
Three frogs, three mouths
B 六只眼睛六条腿,
liù zhī yǎnjing liù tiáo tuǐ,
Six eyes, six legs...
A 哈哈,错了,错了,罚酒一杯!
hāhā, cuò le, cuò le, fájiǔ yī bēi!
Ha ha, wrong! Wrong! You have to drink a glass!
B 哎,真倒霉!
āi, zhēn dǎoméi!
Agh, what lousy luck!

Key Vocabulary

哥们儿 gēmenr buddy
干杯 gānbēi cheers, bottoms up
毕业 bìyè to graduate
以后 yǐhòu after
偷偷 tōutōu secretly, on the sly
一边......一边...... yībiān ... yībiān at the same time as...also...
猜拳 cāiquán a finger-guessing game
要不 yàobu how about
shǔ to count
青蛙 qīngwā frog
zhī measure word for some small things
zhāng measure word for long, flat things
tiáo measure word for long, thin things
zuǐ mouth
tuǐ leg
扑通 pūtōng splish-splash (a sound)
跳下 tiàoxià to jump down
罚酒 fájiǔ to drink as the result of having lost a bet
倒霉 dǎoméi bad luck

Supplementary Vocabulary

tōu to steal
零食 língshí snack
电脑游戏 diànnǎo yóuxì computer game
惩罚 chéngfá to punish
行酒令 xíngjiǔlìng a game where the loser must drink