Intermediate - Which Finger? A: ......

` ` nar a? zhe......zhe4 sh` zai Wh..where are we?

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B:

renshi ` ma? ei, hai heih wo Ha-ha, do you still recognize me?

A:

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` sh` ` shenme? n a! Long Ge! ......ni3 xiang gan Oh! LongGe! Whawhat are you doing?

B:

dei gei n y ` kankan. ` wo heng, j ntian dianr anse Hmph, today I have to let you know whos boss.

A:

` ! b` a? u y` ao......bu4 y` ao a! Agh? Dont, dont!

B:

f` ` j n jiu kan shao eihua! ntian y ge shouzh , n z` j xuan ` xian ` ong, ` ge ba! Daxi guolai!

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Stop jabbering! Were going to cut off one of your ngers today. You choose! Come on over, Big Bear!

C:

` uzh dam ? Your thumb?

A:

` uzh b` ux ng! dam y ouj` nr! zu` No way!The thumb is strong!

C:

` sh na zh ? Then what about your index nger?

A:

y` zh sh zh wo ao y` onglai lu! ` I need the index nger to give directions!

C:

zhongzh ba! How about your middle nger!?

A:

mar ` en! b` u b` u, zhongzh y` ao y` onglai

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No, no! I need that to ip people off!

C:

` zh ` ` wum xiaom uzh na shengxi a he ngzh le! Then all thats left are the ring nger and the pinky!

A:

y` ` jieh un ` uzh y` wum wo ao dai xiaom ao ngzh wo jiezhi! nao y y` onglai angyang. Im saving the ring nger for my wedding ring. I use my pinky nger to scratch itches.

B:

b` t ng m ngbai le! n sh` wu dou u xiang y` ao le! ge shouzh I get it now. You dont want any of your ngers!

Key Vocabulary

n y gei dianr an` kankan ` se ` f` eihua kan shouzh

to show you whos boss nonsense to chop nger

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` uzh dam sh zh zhongzh wum ngzh uzh xiaom y ouj` nr y` onglai zh lu ` ` en mar ` ` shengxi a y nao angyang

thumb forenger middle nger ring nger pinky nger powerful to be used for to point out directions to curse people remaining to scratch itches

Supplementary Vocabulary

` ehu` heish

the Mob, crime

organized

l` q` ` baol`

physical strength violent

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` ng xuex e weixi

bloody to threaten

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