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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Tea Doesn't Wait

Late at night in the frying room, the last batch of the first tea must be done before midnight. Ask the time, hear half past eleven and half an hour left, hear the last wok, hear stop frying and tea doesn't wait, say the day after tomorrow I'm going home, and be told to rest early.

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THE STORY

It is late at night in the frying room of the Chen house. The first tea of the year must be finished before midnight, and there is one last batch. Everyone is tired.

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十一 点 半 了。shíyī diǎn bàn leIt's half past eleven.
半 个 小时bàn ge xiǎoshíhalf an hour
还 有 半 个 小时。hái yǒu bàn ge xiǎoshíHalf an hour left.
最后 一 锅！zuìhòu yì guōThe last wok!
爸， 太 累 了！bà, tài lèi leDad, it's too tiring!
别 炒 了！bié chǎo leStop frying!
茶 不 等 人。chá bù děng rénTea doesn't wait for people.
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow
老外， 后天 我 回 安徽。lǎowài, hòutiān wǒ huí ānhuīThe day after tomorrow I'm going home to Anhui.
黄山 毛峰 茶。huángshān máofēng cháYellow Mountain Maofeng tea

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