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Tongue Twisters (绕口令) Posted by Stephen on Nov 22, 2011
On the first day of study abroad in Beijing, my Chinese teachers taught our class this little tongue twister to help us work with our tones： 老师是四十四，是不是？（lǎoshī shì sìshísì, shì bú shì） Translation: The Teacher is 44, no (is this true/true of false)? Why this seemingly innocuous sentence? Was it really all that important to…