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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Old Hu on Camera

Stand in the courtyard while Lan streams and Old Hu leans in: hear his offer of cheap tea from elsewhere, hear him say to sell it as Longjing, say not one leaf can be mixed in, hear that nobody could tell, refuse, and hear Lan tell the stream that you don't sell outside tea.

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THE STORY

The Chens' courtyard in Longjing village on an April afternoon, Lan's phone on its stand streaming to her followers, Owen at the tea table and Old Hu at the gate with a sack.

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小欧， 我 有 便宜 的 茶。xiǎo'ōu, wǒ yǒu piányi de cháLittle O, I've got cheap tea.
老胡， 哪里 的 茶？lǎohú, nǎli de cháOld Hu, tea from where?
外地 茶。wàidì chátea from elsewhere, word for word outside place tea
外地 茶， 一 斤 五百。wàidì chá, yì jīn wǔbǎiTea from elsewhere, five hundred a jin.
当 龙井 卖。dàng lóngjǐng màisell it as Longjing, word for word treat as Longjing, sell
把 外地 茶 当 龙井 卖。bǎ wàidì chá dàng lóngjǐng màiSell outside tea as Longjing.
大家 都 在 看 呢。dàjiā dōu zài kàn neEveryone's watching.
一 片 也 不 能 混。yí piàn yě bù néng hùnnot one leaf can be mixed in
不 行。 一 片 也 不 能 混。bù xíng. yí piàn yě bù néng hùnNo. Not one leaf can be mixed in.
便宜 的 我 也 不 要。piányi de wǒ yě bú yàoEven cheap, I don't want it.

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