Chinese Vocabulary
马拉松
marathon
mǎlāsōng
Usage
Phonetic loanword from English. The race is 42.195 km. The episode also uses it metaphorically for 'something very long and tough.'
Hear it in real Fluentide episodes
马拉松 appears in 2 podcast episodes at natural native speed, with full Chinese script, pinyin, and line-by-line English translation.