大熊猫在日本收获无数“小心心” Pandas win hearts in Japan

The amusement park "Adventure World" in Shirahama-cho, Wakayama prefecture, Japan, celebrates(庆祝 qìngzhù) the growth of the female twin pandas, and prepared ice cubes shaped as cherry blossoms(樱花 yīnghuā) and peach petals(花瓣 huābàn) as gifts, on Mar 3, 2016. [Photo/IC]

When then Japanese Prime Minister Tanaka Kakuei visited China in Sept 1972, China donated(赠送 zèngsòng) a pair of(一对 yī duì) pandas(大熊猫 dà xióngmāo) to Japan. Since then, Japan has had perpetual "panda fever". Giant pandas have successfully captured(俘获 fúhuò) Japanese people's hearts(心 xīn). 

A baby panda named Xiang Xiang is shown to media at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo prior to a limited public display on Dec 18, 2017. [Photo/IC]

China and Japan are expected to reach a broad agreement on panda leasing(租借 zūjiè) during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's planned visit(访问 fǎngwèn) to Beijing this week, bilateral sources close to the matter said.

A baby female Panda born on Aug 14 is shown to media at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama prefecture on Sep 13, 2018. [Photo/IC]

People view Xiang Xiang and her mother, Shin Shin at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo, Japan on Feb 1, 2018. [Photo/IC]

重点词汇 Key word: 

• 心  heart
  E.g. Tā de xīn tiào de hěn kuài.
  他的心跳得很快。
  His heart was beating fast.

• 小心 be careful; take care
  E.g. Xiǎoxīn, bié huádǎo le.
  小心,别滑倒了。
  Be careful not to slip.

• 小心心 <网络用语 Internet phrase> love; heart
  E.g. Gěi nǐ wǒ de xiǎoxīnxīn.
  给你我的小心心。
  Give you my heart.