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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Master Chen's Hands

Stand at the wok on the fourth spring: hear Master Chen say that this year you fry, ask whether he isn't, hear that his hands have got slow and he will watch, take the wok, hear the fire is too big, hear Missus Wang say he won't admit his age, and hear that tea doesn't wait.

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THE STORY

Master Chen's frying room in Longjing village on an April morning, the wok hot, the first baskets of leaf by the door and Missus Wang in the doorway.

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欧文， 今年 你 来 炒。ōuwén, jīnnián nǐ lái chǎoOwen, this year you fry.
师父， 您 不 炒 吗？shīfu, nín bù chǎo maMaster, aren't you frying? Politely.
锅 热 了。guō rè leThe wok's hot now.
小心， 很 烫！xiǎoxīn, hěn tàngCareful, it's hot!
慢 了。màn lehave got slow, word for word slow, changed
我 的 手 慢 了。 我 看 着。wǒ de shǒu màn le. wǒ kàn zheMy hands have got slow. I'll watch.
好！ 我 来。hǎo! wǒ láiAll right! I'll do it.
你 比 去年 快 了。nǐ bǐ qùnián kuài leYou're faster than last year.
火 大 了！ 小 一点！huǒ dà le! xiǎo yìdiǎnThe fire's too big now! Smaller!
不 服 老！bù fú lǎowon't admit he's old, word for word not accept old

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