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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Advanced Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Master Chen's Piece of 1985

Hear Master Chen's piece of 1985 in the tea garden: ask which year she left, hear that year in spring, ask how old he was then, hear thirty and twenty-eight, ask about the day she left, hear that he said nothing at all, and that he only gave her the teapot.

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THE STORY

The top terrace of the Chens' tea garden at dusk, Master Chen on his stool among the bushes, Owen beside him, the village lights coming on below.

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师父， 她 是 哪 年 走 的？shīfu, tā shì nǎ nián zǒu deMaster, which year did she leave?
您 还 记得 吗？nín hái jìde maDo you still remember? Politely.
那 年 春天。nà nián chūntiānthat year, in spring
一 九 八 五 年， 那 年 春天。yī jiǔ bā wǔ nián, nà nián chūntiānNineteen eighty-five. That year, in spring.
您 那 时候 多大？nín nà shíhou duō dàHow old were you then? Politely.
三十 岁。 她 二十八。sānshí suì. tā èrshíbāThirty. She was twenty-eight.
她 走 的 那 天tā zǒu de nà tiānthe day she left
她 走 的 那 天 呢？tā zǒu de nà tiān neAnd the day she left?
后来 呢？hòulái neAnd afterwards?
我 什么 都 没 说。wǒ shénme dōu méi shuōI said nothing at all.

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