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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Force Majeure

Sit with Lawyer Zhao over the contract after the frost: look at clause six, hear that frost counts as force majeure, ask whether you still pay a penalty, hear that you are freed of liability, ask what to do, and hear that the other side must be notified in writing within thirty days.

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THE STORY

Lawyer Zhao's small office in Hangzhou on a grey April morning, the export contract open on the desk between him and Owen, a pot of tea going cold.

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赵 律师。zhào lǜshīLawyer Zhao, the surname first
赵 律师， 您好。zhào lǜshī, nín hǎoHello, Lawyer Zhao. Politely.
请 您 看 第 六 条。qǐng nín kàn dì liù tiáoPlease look at clause six. Politely.
不可抗力 条款？bùkěkànglì tiáokuǎnThe force majeure clause?
属于 不可抗力。shǔyú bùkěkànglìcounts as force majeure, word for word belongs to
对。 霜冻 属于 不可抗力。duì. shuāngdòng shǔyú bùkěkànglìYes. Frost counts as force majeure.
这 一 条 是 什么 意思？zhè yì tiáo shì shénme yìsiWhat does this clause mean?
那 我们 不 用 付 违约金？nà wǒmen bú yòng fù wéiyuējīnThen we don't have to pay a penalty?
免除 责任。miǎnchú zérènfreed of liability, word for word exempt from the duty
对， 可以 免除 责任。duì, kěyǐ miǎnchú zérènRight, you're freed of liability.

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