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gēmenrbuddy
干杯gānbēicheers, bottoms up
毕业bìyèto graduate
以后yǐhòuafter
偷偷tōutōusecretly, on the sly
一边......一边......yībiān ... yībiānat the same time as...also...
猜拳cāiquána finger-guessing game
要不yàobuhow about
shǔto count
青蛙qīngwāfrog
zhīmeasure word for some small things
zhāngmeasure word for long, flat things
tiáomeasure word for long, thin things
zuǐmouth
tuǐleg
扑通pūtōngsplish-splash (a sound)
跳下tiàoxiàto jump down
罚酒fájiǔto drink as the result of having lost a bet
倒霉dǎoméibad luck

Supplementary Vocabulary

tōuto steal
零食língshísnack
电脑游戏diànnǎo yóuxìcomputer game
惩罚chéngfáto punish
行酒令xíngjiǔlìnga game where the loser must drink