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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Banquet Begins

Open a birthday banquet with Missus Wang and Auntie Zhou: call out that the birthday girl is here, ask her to take the seat of honour at the head table, check that everyone has arrived and every table is full, and declare the banquet open.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The restaurant in the town below Longjing village on a Saturday noon in January, ten round tables, red paper on the walls, and the door opening on Missus Lin.

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寿星。shòuxīngthe birthday girl, or boy, word for word long-life star
寿星 来 了!shòuxīng lái leThe birthday girl is here!
大家 都 来 了。dàjiā dōu lái leEveryone's come.
这么 多 人!zhème duō rénSo many people!
你们 都 在!nǐmen dōu zàiYou're all here!
上座。shàngzuòtake the seat of honour, word for word up seat
老林, 请 上座!lǎo lín, qǐng shàngzuòOld Lin, please take the seat of honour!
我 坐 哪里 都 行。wǒ zuò nǎlǐ dōu xíngI'll sit anywhere.
我 坐 哪里?wǒ zuò nǎlǐWhere do I sit?
主桌。zhǔzhuōthe head table, word for word master table

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