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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Boss Liang's Stall

Stop at a stall in the Guangzhou tea market: ask where each tea is from, hear Phoenix Dancong from Chaozhou and Yingde black tea from Guangdong itself, check that the place of origin is written clearly, and say that as long as it is, you're fine.

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THE STORY

A stall deep in the Guangzhou tea market on a May morning, sacks and tins to the ceiling, Boss Liang behind a wet tasting table and Owen in front of it.

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老板， 这 是 哪里 的 茶？lǎobǎn, zhè shì nǎlǐ de cháBoss, where is this tea from?
凤凰 单丛。fènghuáng dāncōngPhoenix Dancong, the oolong of the Phoenix mountains
凤凰 单丛， 潮州 的。fènghuáng dāncōng, cháozhōu dePhoenix Dancong, from Chaozhou.
这 是 今年 的 新 茶。zhè shì jīnnián de xīn cháThis is this year's new tea.
这个 呢？zhège neAnd this one?
英德 红茶。yīngdé hóngcháYingde black tea, Yingde is a town north of Guangzhou
广东 本地 的。guǎngdōng běndì delocal Guangdong, Guangdong's own
英德 红茶， 广东 本地 的。yīngdé hóngchá, guǎngdōng běndì deYingde black tea, local Guangdong.
产地 写 清楚 了 吗？chǎndì xiě qīngchu le maIs the place of origin written clearly?
可以 看看 样品 吗？kěyǐ kànkan yàngpǐn maCan I see the samples?

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