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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 20 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Dragon Boat Festival

Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival at the Fangs' table and close your first oolong deal: wish them a happy festival, ask what the dumplings are wrapped in, order twenty jin for America, and hear the price.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It is the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival at the Fangs' house in the Wuyi Mountains, and a steaming basket of rice dumplings is on the table.

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端午 快乐！duānwǔ kuàilèhappy Dragon Boat Festival, word for word Duanwu happy
吃 粽子！chī zòngzihave a rice dumpling
欧文， 端午 快乐！ 吃 粽子！ōuwén, duānwǔ kuàilè, chī zòngziOwen, happy Dragon Boat Festival! Have a rice dumpling!
端午 快乐！ 这 是 什么？duānwǔ kuàilè, zhè shì shénmeHappy Dragon Boat Festival! What's this?
太 好吃 了！tài hǎochī leDelicious!
竹叶 包 的。zhúyè bāo dewrapped in bamboo leaves, word for word bamboo leaf wrap of
粽子， 竹叶 包 的。zòngzi, zhúyè bāo deRice dumplings, wrapped in bamboo leaves.
很 香！ 我 要 两 个。hěn xiāng, wǒ yào liǎng geSmells great! I'll have two.
再 来 一 个！zài lái yí geOne more!
欧文， 大红袍 要 多少？ōuwén, dàhóngpáo yào duōshaoOwen, how much Big Red Robe do you want?

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