Two little tigers

Two little tigers

Two Tigers

"Two Tigers" is a popular Mandarin nursery rhyme called "Liang Zhi Lao Hu". It originated from Taiwan and is taught to young children. There are variations of this song that combines the tune of the French melody "Frère Jacques". [ [http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=es&p=1012&c=151 Two Tigers - Taiwanese Children's Songs - Taiwan - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World ] ]

Lyrics

The lyrics are written in Chinese character and are translated into pinyin. Below is the whole text in pinyin and its English translation. [ [http://www.earlylearning-chinese.com/songs.html#two-tigers-chinese Bilingual Chinese-English Children Songs and Rhymes ] ]

Lyrics in PinYin

Liang3 zhi1 lao3 hu3,
Liang3 zhi1 lao3 hu3,
Pao3 de kuai4,
Pao3 de kuai4,
Yi4 zhi1 mei2 you3 yan3 jing1,
Yi4 zhi1 mei2 you3 wei3 ba1,
Zhen1 qi2 guai4,
Zhen1 qi2 guai4.

English Translation

Two Tigers,
Two Tigers,
Run so fast,
Run so fast,
One has no eyes,
One has no tail,
So strange,
So strange.

Chinese Character

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