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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Morning After

Climb the hill with Little Wu the morning after the frost: say the buds are frozen, say half of it is gone, call it snow on top of frost, hear Master Chen say there is still half, ask whether it can still be fried, and start picking the good ones.

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THE STORY

The tea hill above Longjing village at first light after a March frost, the bushes brown at the tips, Little Wu ahead on the path, Owen behind him and Master Chen coming up slowly.

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冻 坏 了！dòng huài lefrozen and ruined, word for word freeze, ruined, changed
欧文， 你 看， 都 冻 坏 了！ōuwén, nǐ kàn, dōu dòng huài leOwen, look, they're all frozen!
冻 坏 了 多少？dòng huài le duōshaoHow much is frozen?
一半 都 没 了。yíbàn dōu méi lehalf of it is gone, word for word half, all, not have, changed
这么 多！ 一半 都 没 了。zhème duō! yíbàn dōu méi leSo much! Half of it is gone.
雪上加霜。xuě shàng jiā shuāngsnow on top of frost: one blow after another
真 是 雪上加霜！zhēn shì xuě shàng jiā shuāngIt really is snow on top of frost!
师父 在 哪里？shīfu zài nǎliWhere's the master?
今年 的 茶 怎么办？jīnnián de chá zěnmebànWhat about this year's tea?
别 急， 先 看看。bié jí, xiān kànkanNo hurry, look first.

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