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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 23 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Black Tea at the Nine Creeks

Go with Lan to find Old Zhou, who makes the summer's black tea: ask who he is, say what you have and haven't made, taste, and say it is sweet, like fruit.

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THE STORY

A valley of tea above West Lake, the Nine Creeks. Old Zhou makes black tea there in summer, and Lan takes Owen to taste it.

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找 老周。zhǎo lǎozhōuto find Old Zhou
九溪jiǔxīthe Nine Creeks
今天 我们 去 九溪 找 老周。jīntiān wǒmen qù jiǔxī zhǎo lǎozhōuToday we're going to the Nine Creeks to find Old Zhou.
是 谁？shì shéiwho is it
老周 是 谁？lǎozhōu shì shéiWho is Old Zhou?
我 没 去 过 九溪。wǒ méi qù guo jiǔxīI've never been to the Nine Creeks.
红茶，hóngcháblack tea, word for word red tea
他 做 红茶， 夏天 的 茶。tā zuò hóngchá, xiàtiān de cháHe makes black tea, the summer tea.
欢迎！ 你 做 过 红茶 吗？huānyíng! nǐ zuò guo hóngchá maWelcome! Have you ever made black tea?
您 做 什么 茶？nín zuò shénme cháWhat tea do you make? Politely.

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