Two Tigers (nursery rhyme) facts for kids
Two Tigers is a popular Mandarin nursery rhyme called "Liang Zhi Lao Hu" in Mandarin. Variations adopt the tune of the French melody Frère Jacques.
Lyrics
Lyrics in Chinese characters
- 两只老虎,
- 两只老虎,
- 跑得快,
- 跑得快,
- 一只没有眼睛, (or: 一只没有耳朵)
- 一只没有尾巴,
- 真奇怪,
- 真奇怪。
Lyrics in pinyin
- Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
- Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
- Pǎo de kuài,
- Pǎo de kuài,
- Yī zhǐ méiyǒu yǎnjīng, (or: Yī zhī méiyǒu ěrduo)
- Yī zhī méiyǒu wěibā,
- Zhēn qí guài,
- Zhēn qí guài.
English translation
- Two little tigers,
- Two little tigers,
- (They) run very fast,
- (They) run very fast,
- One has no eyes (or: One has no ears),
- One has no tail,
- Very weird,
- Very weird.
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