itinerant peddler; hawker
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itinerant peddler; traveling vendor; hawker
neutralA traditional occupation in China, often using a carrying pole (货郎担) with goods. It evokes a somewhat nostalgic or historical image of rural and small-town life.
Xiǎo小
shí时
hou候
，
huò货
láng郎
de的
bō拨
lang浪
gǔ鼓
shēng声
yī一
xiǎng响
，
hái孩
zi子
men们
jiù就
wéi围
le了
shàng上
qù去
。
When we were kids, as soon as the peddler's rattle-drum sounded, the children would crowd around him.
Zhè这
ge个
lǎo老
huò货
láng郎
zài在
zhè这
tiáo条
xiàng巷
zi子
li里
mài卖
le了
jǐ几
shí十
nián年
zhēn针
tóu头
xiàn线
nǎo脑
le了
。
This old peddler has been selling sewing supplies and odds and ends in this alley for decades.
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Huò货
láng郎
dàn担
lǐ里
zǒng总
shì是
zhuāng装
mǎn满
le了
gè各
zhǒng种
xīn新
qí奇
de的
xiǎo小
wán玩
yì意
r儿
。
The peddler's carrying pole is always filled with all kinds of novel little trinkets.