White rock is white and smooth. Bring a white rock to build a white pagoda. The white pagoda is built of white rock. Build the white pagoda with white rock. When the building of the white rock pagoda is completed, the white pagoda is white and smooth.
Original:
入實驗室 噤緊急制
Transcription:
jap6 sat6 jim6 sat1, kam6 gan5 gap1 zai2
English:
Enter the laboratory to press the emergency button
Original:
掘金掘吉掘雞骨
Transcription:
gwat3 gum1 gwat3 gat1 gwat3 gai1 gwat1
English:
Dig the gold, dig the bones, dig the bones of the chicken.
Get into the food laboratory and press ten emergency buttons. Literally: enter (1st character) / food laboratory (2nd-5th) / pressing (6-7th) / ten (8th) / [quantitative word] (9th) / emergency button (10-12th)
A leg of bed hits a corner of wall, and the other way round happens. Does the leg of bed hit the corner of wall, or the corner of wall hit the leg of bed? Literally: leg of bed (1-2) / hit (3) / corner of wall (4-5) / corner of wall (6-7) / hit (8) / leg of bed (9-10) / you (11) / say, reckon, think (12) / leg of bed (13-14) / hit (15) / corner of wall (16-17) / or (18) / corner of wall (19-20) / hit (21) / leg of bed (22)
The Dung's in the east of the town has a gourd bigger than the watermelon of the Si's in the west of the town. On the other hand, the gourd of the Dung's is a little bit bigger than that of the Dung's [N.B. another Dung] in the east of the town. Literally: someone (1-2) / say, rumour (3) / east of the town [the east gate] (4-5) / Dung's [the family of Dung] (6-7) / [genitive word] (8) / gourd ['winter gourd'] (9-10) / bigger than (11-12) / west of the town [the west gate] (13-14) / Si's [the family of Si] (15-16) / [genitive word] (17) / water melon (18-19) / as well, also (20) / bigger than (21-22) / east of the town [the east gate] (23-24) / Dung's [the family of Dung, N.B. another Dung] (25-26) / [genitive word] (27) / gourd ['winter gourd'] (28-29) / [interjection, meaning scantily, a little bit]
Within the Quarter Pounder with Cheese, you'll find sauce, onion, cucumber, also cheese, lettuce, and sesame - everyone who has tried this will be jolly! Literally: Quarter Pounder with Cheese (1-7) / sauce (8-9) / onion (10-11) / hold in between (12) / cucumber (14) / cheese (15-16) / lettuce (17-18) / plus, add (19) / sesame (20-21) / everybody (22-23) / have tried, have eaten (24-25) / laugh (26) / [interjection, sounding HAHA] (27)
This tongue twister has become a classic in Hong Kong and was one of the most successful McDonald's marketing strategies in the 80's. Anyone who managed to finish these sentences within five seconds in front of the service desk in the restaurant would get a Quarter Pounder with Cheese free.
A 0.5kg tortoise costs a dollar. A 0.5kg chicken costs seven dollars. Does chicken cost more than tortoise, or tortoise than chicken? Afterall, which is more expensive? Literally: one (1) / dollar (2) / one (3) / half kilogram [approximately] (4) / tortoise (5) / seven (6) / dollar (7) / one (8) / half kilogram (9) / chicken (10) / you (11) / say, reckon, think (12) / chicken (13) / more expensive than (14-15) / tortoise (16) / or (17) / tortoise (18) / more expensive than (19-20) / chicken (21) / [interjection, meaning so, then, how about] (22) / whether (23-24) / chicken (25) / more expensive (26) / or (27) / tortoise (28) / more expensive (29)
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