Xiǎo Yàn Zi 小燕子 Little Swallow
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Learn Chinese from Chinese songs, play the MP3 file here:

Xiǎo yàn zi chuān huā yī
小燕子,穿花衣
nián nián […]

Learn Chinese from Chinese songs at ChineseHour. This Chinese children song or Chinese ballad ( 民谣 mínyáo) tells that a snail is trying to climp up slowly on a grape tree, and two yellow birds laugh at him. This ballad indicates that PERSISTENCE leads to success.

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Wōniú yǔ huánglí niǎo
蜗牛与黄鹂鸟 Snail and Yellowbirds

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小白兔乖乖 (Xiao baitu guaiguai) is well-known Chinese nursery rhyme for all Chinese children, which is often revised into the short plays on the stage. ChineseHour has more stories for it. This nursery rhyme is aimed to improve children’s sense of consciousness for self-protection: Don’t open the door to a stranger. The first act: A wolf […]

A POP song with Chinese tongue twisters 扁担长
“扁担长 板凳宽” is a common Chinese tongue twister for you to practise Chinese pronunciation. And a POP singing group from Taiwan “S.H.E” has a hit pop song called “中国话” （Zhongguo Hua, Chinese Mandarin）employed this tongue twister for the first part of the lyrics. It is FUN! Do join […]

Chinese children song (nursery rhyme):
一二三四五 上山打老虎
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yī èr sān sì wǔ
一二三四五，
shàng shān dǎ lǎo hǔ
上山打老虎。
lǎo hǔ dǎ bú dào
老虎打不到，
dǎ dào xiǎo sōng shǔ
打到小松鼠。
sōng shǔ yǒu jǐ gè
松鼠有几个，
ràng wǒ shǔ yī shǔ
让我数一数。

shǔ lái yòu shǔ qù
数来又数去，
yī èr sān sì wǔ
一二三四五，
wǔ sì sān èr yī
五四三二一，
yī èr sān sì wǔ
一二三四五。
English translation:
One, two, three, four, five.
Climbing a mountain to catch a […]