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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Eight Hundred

It's Saturday afternoon, and Owen goes alone to a street of old tea shops, to buy his jin of Longjing at last. A seller calls him handsome, gives him a taste of Lion Peak Longjing, and names his price, in the thousands. Understand a seller who calls you in, ask what tea it is, if it's real and how much a jin, count in hundreds and thousands, say it's too expensive and ask for it a little cheaper, offer a price, and say you've bought it.

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THE STORY

It's Saturday afternoon. Owen goes alone to a street of old tea shops in the old town, to buy his jin of Longjing at last, and every price is in the thousands. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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帅哥!shuàigēhandsome!, what sellers call a young man, word for word handsome brother
看看!kànkanhave a look
帅哥, 来 看看!shuàigē, lái kànkanHandsome! Come and have a look!
什么 茶shénme cháwhat tea
老板, 这 是 什么 茶?lǎobǎn, zhè shì shénme cháBoss, what tea is this?
狮峰。shīfēngLion Peak
正宗!zhèngzōngthe real thing, authentic
狮峰 龙井, 明前 的, 正宗!shīfēng lóngjǐng, míngqián de, zhèngzōngLion Peak Longjing, picked before Ching Ming. The real thing!
真 的 吗?zhēn de maReally?
尝尝!chángchanghave a taste

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