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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Early Buds

Stand on the hill with Master Chen and Little Wu on a warm February morning: say the tea bushes are budding, hear it's only February, ask how much earlier than usual, hear two weeks, and hear that early isn't necessarily good because frost can still come.

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THE STORY

The tea hill above Longjing village on a mild February morning, Master Chen in his jacket, Little Wu pointing at the bushes and Owen beside them.

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发 芽 了！fā yá leare budding, word for word send out buds, changed
师父， 您 看！ 茶树 发 芽 了！shīfu, nín kàn! cháshù fā yá leMaster, look! The tea bushes are budding! Politely.
二月。èryuèFebruary, word for word two month
才 二月， 太 早 了。cái èryuè, tài zǎo leIt's only February. Too early.
比 往年。bǐ wǎngniánthan usual, word for word compared with past years
比 往年 早 多少？bǐ wǎngnián zǎo duōshaoHow much earlier than usual?
两 个 星期。liǎng ge xīngqītwo weeks
比 往年 早 两 个 星期。bǐ wǎngnián zǎo liǎng ge xīngqīTwo weeks earlier than usual.
比 去年 早 很 多！bǐ qùnián zǎo hěn duōMuch earlier than last year!
什么 时候 开始 摘？shénme shíhou kāishǐ zhāiWhen do we start picking?

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