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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Double Eleven

Double Eleven at Lan's tiny tea shop: hear that she is worked to death, ask what Double Eleven is, hear that everything online is discounted, say twenty percent off and three hundred orders, and share the packing.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

It is the evening of Thursday the eleventh of November in Lan's tiny tea shop at the edge of Longjing village, with boxes on every chair and her phone ringing without a break.

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忙 死 了！máng sǐ leworked to death, word for word busy, die, changed
欧文， 快 来 帮 我！ 我 忙 死 了！ōuwén, kuài lái bāng wǒ, wǒ máng sǐ leOwen, come quick and help me! I'm worked to death! To a friend.
怎么 了？zěnme lewhat's up, word for word how, changed
怎么 了？ 这么 多 订单！zěnme le, zhème duō dìngdānWhat's up? So many orders!
累 死 了！lèi sǐ leI'm dead tired!
都 打 折。dōu dǎ zhéall discounted, word for word all hit a fold
双十一，shuāngshíyīDouble Eleven, word for word double ten one
今天 双十一， 网上 都 打 折。jīntiān shuāngshíyī, wǎngshàng dōu dǎ zhéToday's Double Eleven, everything online is discounted.
双十一？ 你 的 茶 也 打 折 吗？shuāngshíyī, nǐ de chá yě dǎ zhé maDouble Eleven? Is your tea discounted too? To a friend.
打 几 折？dǎ jǐ zhéHow much off?

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