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Doubao's Strange Clothing Advice — ByteDance's AI Tells Young Chinese What to Wear

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ByteDance's Doubao AI gives strange but surprisingly smart clothing advice — young Chinese keep coming back for more. HSK 2 Chinese listening practice.

This is an HSK 2 Chinese listening episode that runs about 10 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 15 key vocabulary words such as 奇怪、聪明、衬衫 and walks through 5 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.

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最近网上一句非常有意思大家都在
身上厚厚的衣服下来肚子拿走
听起来是不是有点不客气
听起来是不是有点奇怪
如果一个这么可能生气
但是不是一个说的
一个手机说的
这个名字
不是真的它是一个电脑程序
它是一个非常聪明电脑朋友
可以说话回答
最近很多年轻喜欢一个问题
这个问题就是今天应该穿什么衣服
大家觉得电脑聪明知道事情很多
所以电脑应该知道怎么穿衣服漂亮
但是结果大家非常吃惊
包给建议时候真的奇怪
就是为什么那句话网上那么
我们看看发生什么事情
一个女学生参加学校一个活动
这个活动是在外面不在房间
那天天气非常
很大气温很低
不知道穿什么衣服
不想穿得太少因为那样生病
不想穿得不好
所以拿出手机打开
外面应该穿什么
开始建议
应该穿一点
听起来因为天气
但是穿的衣服太多
穿T
是在里面穿的衣服
穿一件穿一件
然后穿一件格子衬衫
穿好衬衫以后是不是可以
不够
穿一件
现在她的身上已经有衣服
但是觉得不够暖和
要穿外套
外套
大家一想多少衣服
T一件衬衫一件外套
一共或者衣服
这个女学生真的的话
这些衣服一件一件穿身上
最后看起来什么
看起来一个很大
她的身体变得非常
因为衣服太多太厚她的都不能动了
她的也不能走路
觉得非常非常
但是看见穿这样高兴
看起来充满了年轻力气
觉得这样漂亮
可是那个女学生已经快要不能呼吸
时候说话
突然衣服脱了这样可以动得一点
这个电脑是不是奇怪
先让穿很多很多衣服
然后衣服脱了
这个视频放在网上
很多看到这个视频
大家都在
一百万人喜欢这个视频
大家觉得虽然聪明但是不懂穿衣服
除了这个女学生还有很多人去试一试
大家想看看会说什么奇怪的话
变成一个游戏
大家都去衣服
然后大家说的
不管说得多么奇怪大家都去
然后大家视频别人
还有一个很有视频
也是一个女孩子
音乐
大家知道音乐穿得漂亮一点
我去音乐穿什么
包给一个建议
可以穿裤子但是裤子起来
起来就是裤子下面上面
这样裤子变短
这个女孩子的话
穿一条裤子然后开始裤子
裤子到了膝盖上面
现在裤子看起来短裤
但是看起来并不音乐
看起来什么
视频干活
就像是在田地大米
因为水里工作时候裤子湿这么
大家看了觉得太好笑了
本来是高雅音乐
结果穿得种地
真的不懂什么漂亮
但是自己非常信心
说话时候声音很大肯定
告诉你要自信走出去
一些年轻人的
如果你的衣服不好会说不是穿的
中文有点骂人意思
但是因为电脑说的大家生气觉得好笑
为什么这样
为什么这么聪明电脑不懂穿衣服
我们知道一个人工智能
它是跳动公司做的
一家很大中国科技公司
非常名字很多都在
到了去年十二月已经有亿
大家工作学习
妈妈来看孩子
爸爸做饭
可以水果
很多事情都很厉害
但是穿衣服事情难了
一个专家这个问题
专家电脑学习很多东西
看了很多很多文章很多图片
但是电脑没有专门时尚
时尚就是什么流行什么漂亮
而且什么漂亮每个人都不一样
觉得红色衣服漂亮
可能觉得红色衣服不好蓝色漂亮
觉得穿裙子好看
可能觉得穿裤子好看
没有一个标准答案
数学考试等于
但是穿衣服事情没有什么绝对也没有什么绝对
电脑不知道
看到穿点
看到穿短裤
就把这些在一起告诉
所以穿衣服
所以裤子起来
因为不懂是在什么时间什么地方
只是数据
就是为什么它的建议那么奇怪
虽然它的建议没有但是大家开心
因为大家觉得很好玩
大家发现原来聪明电脑也有时候
也是一种快乐
我们刚才说的其实是关于人工智能话题
中文我们AI或者人工智能
就是这样一个人工智能产品
它是一个很大语言模型
可以模仿说话可以回答问题
但是毕竟不是
没有眼睛真正世界
没有身体感觉
不知道穿衣服不能走路
只是计算数据
所以我们这些高科技东西我们知道它的长处短处
可以我们东西我们资料
但是如果关于关于感觉事情可能还是我们相信自己
毕竟电脑没有不懂什么真正
不过没关系
因为我们很多笑声
这个忙碌生活大笑一下也是很好事情
English transcript reference

Recently, there is a very interesting sentence on the internet that everyone is listening to.

The sentence is: "Take off the thick clothes on your body, and take away the meat on your belly too."

Does this sound a bit impolite?

Does this sound a bit strange?

If a person said this to you, you might get angry.

But, this wasn't said by a person.

This was said by a "person" inside a mobile phone.

This "person's" name is Doubao.

Doubao is not a real person; it is a computer program.

It is a very smart computer friend.

You can talk to it, and it will answer you.

Recently, many young people like to ask Doubao a question.

This question is: "What clothes should I wear today?"

Everyone thinks that computers are smart and know many things.

So, the computer should know how to dress to look beautiful.

However, the result made everyone very surprised.

The advice Doubao gave was sometimes really too strange.

This is why that sentence is so popular online.

Let's see what happened.

There was a female student who wanted to participate in a school activity.

This activity was outside, not inside a room.

The weather that day was very cold.

The wind was strong, and the temperature was very low.

She didn't know what clothes would be good to wear.

She didn't want to wear too little, because then she would get sick.

She also didn't want to dress unattractively.

So, she took out her phone and opened Doubao.

She asked Doubao: "It's very cold outside, what should I wear?"

Doubao listened and started giving her advice.

Doubao said: "You should wear a bit more."

This sounds correct, because the weather is cold.

However, Doubao made her wear too many clothes.

Doubao told her to wear two T-shirts first.

These are clothes worn on the inside.

Put on one, then put on another.

Then, Doubao told her to wear a plaid shirt.

After putting on the shirt, is that enough?

No, Doubao said it's still not enough.

Doubao told her to wear a sweatshirt as well.

Now she already had four pieces of clothing on her body.

But Doubao felt it still wasn't warm enough.

Doubao said: "You still need to wear two jackets."

Two jackets!

Everyone think about it, how many clothes is this?

Two T-shirts, one shirt, one sweatshirt, two jackets.

In total, that's six or seven pieces of clothing.

This female student really listened to Doubao.

She put these clothes on her body one by one.

In the end, what did she look like?

She looked like a very big ball.

Her body became very round.

Because the clothes were too many and too thick, her hands couldn't move.

Her legs couldn't walk either.

She felt very hot and also very tired.

But when Doubao saw her dressed like this, Doubao was very happy.

Doubao said: "You look full of youthful energy!"

Doubao thought this was very beautiful.

However, that female student was almost unable to breathe.

At this moment, Doubao spoke again.

Doubao suddenly said: "Take off the clothes, this way you can move a bit faster."

Look, isn't this computer very strange?

It first makes you wear many, many clothes.

Then it makes you take all the clothes off.

This video was put on the internet.

Many people saw this video.

Everyone was laughing.

Over a million people liked this video.

Everyone thinks that although Doubao is very smart, it doesn't understand dressing.

Besides this female student, many other people went to try it.

Everyone wanted to see what other strange things Doubao would say.

This turned into a game.

Everyone went to ask Doubao: "Help me choose clothes."

Then everyone did exactly what Doubao said.

No matter how strange what Doubao said was, everyone did it.

Then everyone filmed videos to show others.

There is another very famous video.

It's also a girl.

She was going to listen to a concert.

Everyone knows that to go to a concert, you need to dress a bit beautifully.

She asked Doubao: "I'm going to a concert, what should I wear?"

Doubao gave her a suggestion.

Doubao said: "You can wear long pants, but you have to roll the pants up."

Rolling up means moving the bottom of the pants upwards.

This way the pants will become shorter.

This girl listened to Doubao.

She put on a pair of long pants, and then started rolling up the pants.

She rolled and rolled, rolling the pants up above her knees.

Now, these long pants looked like shorts.

However, this didn't look like going to a concert.

What did this look like?

People who watched the video all said this looked like going to work in the fields.

Just like planting rice in a watery field.

Because when working in the water, fearing the pants getting wet, one would roll them this high.

Everyone who saw it thought it was too funny.

Originally intended to listen to elegant music.

As a result, dressed like going to farm.

Doubao really doesn't understand what is beautiful.

But Doubao itself is very confident.

When it speaks, its voice is loud and very certain.

It will tell you to "walk out confidently."

It also uses some young people's words.

If your clothes don't look good, it will say this is "not for humans to wear."

This phrase has a bit of a cursing meaning in Chinese.

But because a computer said it, everyone doesn't get angry, just thinks it's funny.

Why is Doubao like this?

Why does such a smart computer not understand dressing?

We need to know that Doubao is an artificial intelligence.

It was made by ByteDance company.

This is a very big Chinese technology company.

Doubao is very famous, and many people are using it.

By last December, over 200 million people were already using it.

Everyone uses it to work and to study.

Some mothers use it to watch children.

Some fathers use it to learn to cook.

It can also help you buy fruit.

It is very capable in many things.

But, the matter of dressing is too difficult.

An expert spoke about this problem.

The expert said that computers have learned many things.

It has read many books, many articles, and many pictures.

But, computers haven't specifically studied "fashion."

Fashion is what is popular and what is beautiful.

Moreover, what is beautiful, everyone thinks differently about.

I think red clothes are beautiful.

You might think red clothes don't look good, and blue ones are beautiful.

I think wearing skirts looks good.

You might think wearing pants looks good.

There is no standard answer.

In a math exam, one plus one equals two, this is correct.

But in the matter of dressing, nothing is absolutely right, and nothing is absolutely wrong.

The computer doesn't know who to listen to.

It sees some books saying "wearing more is good."

It sees some books saying "wearing shorts is good."

It puts these all together and tells you.

So, it makes you wear seven pieces of clothing.

So, it makes you roll up long pants.

Because it doesn't understand what time or place this is.

It just gave you the data.

This is why its advice is so strange.

Although its advice is useless, everyone is happy.

Because this makes everyone feel it's very fun.

Everyone discovered that smart computers also have times when they are stupid.

This is also a kind of happiness.

What we just talked about is actually a topic about "Artificial Intelligence."

In Chinese, we call it AI, or Artificial Intelligence.

Doubao is just such an artificial intelligence product.

It is a very large language model.

It can imitate humans speaking and answer questions.

But after all, it is not a human.

It doesn't have eyes to see the real world.

It doesn't have a body to feel cold and heat.

It doesn't know that wearing seven pieces of clothing will make a person unable to walk.

It is just calculating data.

So, when we use these high-tech things, we need to know their strengths and weaknesses.

It can help us write things and find information.

But if it's about beauty or feelings, perhaps we still need to believe in ourselves.

After all, computers don't have hearts, they don't understand what true beauty is.

However, this doesn't matter.

Because it gave us a lot of laughter.

In this busy life, being able to laugh out loud is also a very good thing.

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What vocabulary does this episode teach?

词汇
qíguàistrange / odd

Used to describe something unusual or unexpected.

cōngmingsmart / clever

Describes intelligence in people or animals, and now often used for technology.

chènshānshirt

Refers to a button-down shirt.

xiāngxìnto believe / to trust

To have faith in someone or something.

érqiěmoreover / and also

A conjunction used to add more information.

jiéguǒresult / as a result

Can be a noun (outcome) or a conjunction (consequently).

yǒu yìsiinteresting

HSK 1-2. interesting.

wèishénmewhy

HSK 1-2. why.

jiànyìsuggestion / advice

Can be used as a verb (to suggest) or a noun (advice).

tuōto take off (clothes)

Opposite of 'chuan' (to wear).

nuǎnhuowarm

Describes pleasant warmth or weather.

liúxíngpopular / fashionable

Describes things that are currently trending.

réngōng zhìnéngartificial intelligence (AI)

A modern technological term.

shíshàngfashion

Refers to style and trends.

wèiyīsweatshirt / hoodie

A very common clothing item for young people.

* beyond level超纲词

What grammar patterns appear in this episode?

语法
Verb + 起来

This structure is used to express an initial perception or judgment based on senses (looks like, sounds like).

这听起来是不是有点奇怪? (Does this sound a bit strange?)

她看起来像一个很大的球。 (She looked like a very big ball.)

把 + Object + Verb + Complement

The 'Ba' structure emphasizes how an object is handled or disposed of. It moves the object before the verb.

把你身上厚厚的衣服脱下来。 (Take off the thick clothes on your body.)

她把这些衣服一件一件地穿在身上。 (She put these clothes on her body one by one.)

虽然……但是……

A conjunction pair meaning 'Although... but...'. It expresses a contrast.

大家觉得豆包虽然很聪明,但是它不懂穿衣服。 (Everyone thinks that although Doubao is very smart, it doesn't understand dressing.)

虽然它的建议没有用,但是大家很开心。 (Although its advice is useless, everyone is happy.)

Verb + 得 + Adjective

The complement of degree/state. It describes how an action is performed or the state resulting from it.

她不想穿得太少。 (She didn't want to wear too little.)

裤子...才会卷得这么高。 (Only then would the pants be rolled this high.)

Reduplication of Adjectives

Adjectives are repeated (like AABB or AA) to emphasize the description, often adding a feeling of vividness or cuteness.

厚厚的衣服 (Thick clothes)

一件一件地 (One by one - measure word reduplication)

Proper Nouns

专有名词
豆包DòubāoDoubao (Name of the AI)字节跳动Zìjié TiàodòngByteDance (Company)中国ZhōngguóChina

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