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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Fetching the Bride

Fetch the bride on the wedding morning with Little Wu: shout for the door, pass the door-opening red envelopes, go in, serve tea to Lan's father and mother, calling them Dad and Mum for the first time, take the name-changing money, and promise to be good to her.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Lan's parents' flat in Hangzhou at dawn on the wedding day, the door shut with her cousins behind it, Little Wu with a bag of red envelopes, and inside, two cups of tea on a tray.

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接亲。jiēqīnto fetch the bride, word for word receive the kin
开门！ 我们 来 接亲 了！kāimén! wǒmen lái jiēqīn leOpen the door! We've come to fetch the bride!
开门 红包。kāimén hóngbāothe door-opening red envelopes
开门 红包， 给！kāimén hóngbāo, gěiDoor-opening red envelopes, here!
红包 够 吗？hóngbāo gòu maAre there enough red envelopes?
门 开 了！ 快 进 去！mén kāi le! kuài jìn qùThe door's open! Quick, go in!
我 有点 紧张。wǒ yǒudiǎn jǐnzhāngI'm a bit nervous.
爸， 请 喝 茶。bà, qǐng hē cháDad, please have some tea.
改口费。gǎikǒufèithe name-changing money, word for word change mouth fee
好， 好！ 这 是 改口费。hǎo, hǎo! zhè shì gǎikǒufèiGood, good! This is the name-changing money.

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