"月亮很圆，月饼很甜。"

Translation: The moon is round, the mooncake is sweet.

[Wadafik]

is this a chinese expression or something? it's so random.

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

A sentence associating mooncakes with the moon isn't exactly random (an analogy would be a sentence associating Christmas cake with Christmas), but maybe it could benefit from some context.

月饼, or mooncakes, are eaten on or around 中秋節, a festival that occurs at the time of the autumn full moon, and moon worship is part of the festival (which is of course why they're called mooncakes).

This is a silly rhyme that some people find fun to say at that time of year – presumably mostly children, or adults in entertaining children. (It may be regional.)

[greekcube]

I didn't even notice that it's a rhyme. Putting it in the context of a silly rhyme (rather than something you'd say during a normal conversation) helps to make it seem less strange.

[KX3.]

Not really, the common phrase “月圆人团圆” is reflected in the round mooncake.

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

Currently the audio incorrectly pronounces the first 很 with the second tone instead of the third (which made me think of 很远 – very far – instead of 很圆 – very round). (The pronunciation of the second 很 is correct.)

[stupedfatidiot]

What a deep saying

[Abby191103]

I answered, the moon is round, mooncame is sweet. This answer is also correct

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

Yes, as long as you actually answered "mooncake" and not "mooncame".

[cmbircher]

I agree, since mooncake can be considered either countable or non-countable.

[angbagongquezon]

The moon is round, the mooncake is sweet.
Tonight I've found, my love complete.

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

I think your poem is very neat. The holes on the moon are from elephant feet.

[fateme.x]

Oh yes , Chinese poetry~

[sid95846]

I wrote the exact words but there was a capital letter in moon and a space between moon and cake. This is getting a little ridiculous.

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

Did you report it as a correct answer?

[LanceM1]

A comma or "and" should be interchangeable in the English translation

[Peter519121]

Actually, commas are for dependent clauses; semicolons are for independent clauses.

[deactivated user]

I'm not sure how to report this, but for arranging the words in the correct sentence, I was only given one "The" in the word bank so no matter what my answer would be incorrect

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

I would think that because "cake" can be uncountable, "mooncake" without the article should also be acceptable.

[SeanDFrogm]

This seems like an expression that I have never heard before. The correct answer is not proper English grammar. Please update this one.

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

It's not an English saying, but it's okay grammatically.

[jamesjiao]

It is not an expression. Just random phrases.

[bogvin]

Abby191109:
I answered, the moon is round, mooncake is sweet. It was marked incorrect.

[AndrewVanL2]

月亮圆
月亮圆
月亮照在我的家...

[Polyglottobahn]

Moon cake as two words is not accepted. Why?

[Naruisuke]

In what world are mooncakes sweet?

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

They've always been sweet in my experience.

[fateme.x]

Idk if you Google it, it says they are very sweet