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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Snow on the Broken Bridge

Snow over West Lake on a Sunday morning: say it's snowing, say the snow on the Broken Bridge is the most beautiful, tell Lan you like her, hear that she has known for ages, and agree to tell no one yet.

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THE STORY

It is a Sunday morning in early January, the first snow of the winter is falling on West Lake, and Owen and Lan are walking along the bank towards the Broken Bridge.

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下 雪 了！xià xuě leit's snowing, word for word down snow, changed
欧文， 你 看！ 下 雪 了！ōuwén, nǐ kàn, xià xuě leOwen, look! It's snowing! To a friend.
我们 去 断桥 吧！wǒmen qù duànqiáo baLet's go to the Broken Bridge!
最 美。zuì měithe most beautiful
好！ 断桥 的 雪 最 美。hǎo, duànqiáo de xuě zuì měiYes! The snow on the Broken Bridge is the most beautiful.
我 喜欢 你。wǒ xǐhuan nǐI like you
真 美。 陈兰， 我 喜欢 你。zhēn měi, chénlán, wǒ xǐhuan nǐSo beautiful. Lan, I like you. To a friend.
你 真 美。nǐ zhēn měiYou're really beautiful. To a friend.
早 就 知道 了。zǎo jiù zhīdào lehave known for ages, word for word early already know, changed
我 早 就 知道 了。wǒ zǎo jiù zhīdào leI've known for ages.

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