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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Pruning

Master Chen prunes the bushes and you hold the scissors: bring them over, ask how to cut, hear too deep and a bit shorter, and go up to cut yourself.

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THE STORY

A warm morning in the tea garden above Longjing village. The harvest is over, and Master Chen is cutting the bushes back for the summer.

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拿 过来。ná guòlaibring it over, word for word take come-over
剪刀 拿 过来。jiǎndāo ná guòlaibring the scissors over
欧文， 剪刀 拿 过来。ōuwén, jiǎndāo ná guòlaiOwen, bring the scissors over.
怎么 剪？zěnme jiǎnhow do I cut
给 您。 怎么 剪？gěi nín, zěnme jiǎnHere you are. How do I cut? Politely.
茶 拿 过来。chá ná guòlaiBring the tea over.
先 看。 这样 剪。xiān kàn, zhèyàng jiǎnWatch first. Cut like this.
我 不 会 剪。wǒ bú huì jiǎnI can't cut.
这样 对 吗？zhèyàng duì maLike this, right?
慢 一点 剪。màn yìdiǎn jiǎnCut a bit more slowly.

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