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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Menu

Book a birthday banquet at the restaurant in the town below: give the date and the tables, hear the price, count the dishes in cold and hot, ask for birthday noodles and peaches, and ask that nothing be too oily.

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THE STORY

The restaurant in the town below Longjing village on a quiet December afternoon, the owner with his order book, Lan and Owen at a round table.

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订 八 桌。dìng bā zhuōbook eight tables
老板， 一月 十七 号， 订 八 桌。lǎobǎn, yīyuè shíqī hào, dìng bā zhuōBoss, the seventeenth of January, book eight tables.
一 桌 多少 钱？yì zhuō duōshao qiánHow much is a table?
好。 一 桌 一千 五。hǎo, yì zhuō yìqiān wǔFine. Fifteen hundred a table.
有 几 个 菜？yǒu jǐ gè càiHow many dishes are there?
八 冷 八 热，bā lěng bā rèeight cold, eight hot
八 冷 八 热， 十六 个 菜。bā lěng bā rè, shíliù gè càiEight cold, eight hot: sixteen dishes.
就 这样 定 了。jiù zhèyàng dìng leThat's settled, then.
寿面。shòumiànbirthday noodles, word for word long-life noodles
是 七十五 大寿， 要 寿面。shì qīshíwǔ dàshòu, yào shòumiànIt's a seventy-fifth birthday, we need birthday noodles.

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