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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Penalties, and When Nature Intervenes

Read the breach clause with the buyer's colleague: ask what counts as breach, hear that late delivery means a penalty, ask what happens if frost ruins the tea, hear that frost is force majeure, and agree that both sides talk it over.

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THE STORY

The small meeting room off the expo hall in Hangzhou, late in the afternoon, the contract at clause five and Lan thinking of the frost on the hill.

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违约。wéiyuēbreach of contract, word for word go against the agreement
第 五 条， 违约。dì wǔ tiáo, wéiyuēClause five, breach.
什么 是 违约？shénme shì wéiyuēWhat counts as breach?
违约金。wéiyuējīna penalty, word for word breach money
延期 交货。yánqī jiāohuòlate delivery, word for word extend the date, deliver
延期 交货， 要 付 违约金。yánqī jiāohuò, yào fù wéiyuējīnLate delivery: you pay a penalty.
违约金 多少？wéiyuējīn duōshaoHow much is the penalty?
百分之 十。bǎi fēn zhī shíTen percent.
如果 有 霜 呢？ 茶 坏 了 一半。rúguǒ yǒu shuāng ne? chá huài le yíbànWhat if there's frost? Half the tea is ruined.
不可抗力。bùkěkànglìforce majeure, word for word cannot resist force

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