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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Raft

Ride a bamboo raft down the Nine-Bend River: sit tight, ask the boatman where you are, say the water is as green as tea, say the hills are not as high as Lion Peak, and shrug off the rain.

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THE STORY

It is a grey morning on the Nine-Bend River in the Wuyi Mountains, and Owen and Lan sit on a bamboo raft while a boatman in a straw hat poles.

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坐 好，zuò hǎosit tight, word for word sit well
坐 好， 别 动！zuò hǎo, bié dòngSit tight, don't move!
九曲溪jiǔqūxīthe Nine-Bend River
师傅， 这里 是 九曲溪 吗？shīfu, zhèli shì jiǔqūxī maBoatman, is this the Nine-Bend River?
还 有 多 远？hái yǒu duō yuǎnHow much further?
水 跟 茶 一样 绿。shuǐ gēn chá yíyàng lǜthe water is as green as tea
对， 九曲溪。 水 跟 茶 一样 绿。duì, jiǔqūxī, shuǐ gēn chá yíyàng lǜYes, the Nine-Bend. The water is as green as tea.
真 的！ 跟 龙井 一样 绿！zhēn de, gēn lóngjǐng yíyàng lǜReally! As green as Longjing!
我 跟 你 一样。wǒ gēn nǐ yíyàngSame as you. To a friend.
没有 狮峰 那么 高。méiyǒu shīfēng nàme gāonot as high as Lion Peak

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