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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Teapot on Its Old Shelf

Watch the teapot come home to the Chens' table: hear Missus Lin say she has brought it back, hear Master Chen say to put it back where it was, ask where, hear on the shelf, the old place, hear that for forty-six years they have not drunk tea together, make the tea, and hear that it is the same as ever.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The Chens' front room on a July evening, the three old friends around the table, the teapot of 1985 between them, Owen at the kettle.

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老陈， 壶 带 回来 了。lǎo chén, hú dài huílái leOld Chen, I've brought the teapot back.
快 进来 坐。kuài jìnlái zuòCome in and sit down.
原来 的 地方 吧。yuánlái de dìfang bawhere it was, word for word the original place, with the soft word
放 回 原来 的 地方 吧。fàng huí yuánlái de dìfang baPut it back where it was.
师父， 放 在 哪儿？shīfu, fàng zài nǎrMaster, where does it go?
我 来 泡 茶。wǒ lái pào cháI'll make the tea.
架子 上。jiàzi shàngon the shelf
架子 上。 老 地方。jiàzi shàng. lǎo dìfangOn the shelf. The old place.
没 一起 喝 茶 了。méi yìqǐ hē chá lehaven't drunk tea together
四十六 年 没 一起 喝 茶 了。sìshíliù nián méi yìqǐ hē chá leForty-six years without drinking tea together.

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