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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Lantern Festival

Spend the Lantern Festival evening at Auntie Ma's with Lan: wish her a happy festival, ask what sweet rice balls are, choose the sesame ones, and say that once the festival is past, the New Year is over.

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THE STORY

It is the fifteenth night of the New Year, the Lantern Festival, and Auntie Ma has a pot of sweet rice balls on the stove for Owen and Lan before the lanterns at West Lake.

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元宵节yuánxiāojiéthe Lantern Festival
汤圆。tāngyuánsweet rice balls, word for word soup rounds
今天 元宵节， 来 吃 汤圆！jīntiān yuánxiāojié, lái chī tāngyuánToday's the Lantern Festival, come and have sweet rice balls!
元宵节 快乐！ 汤圆 是 什么？yuánxiāojié kuàilè! tāngyuán shì shénmeHappy Lantern Festival! What are sweet rice balls?
吃 完 了 吗？chī wán le maHave you finished eating?
芝麻 馅。zhīma xiànsesame filling
甜 的， 芝麻 馅。tián de, zhīma xiànSweet ones, with sesame filling.
真 好吃！ 再 来 一 个！zhēn hǎochī! zài lái yí geReally delicious! One more!
我 要 芝麻 馅 的。wǒ yào zhīma xiàn deI'll have the sesame ones.
看 花灯。kàn huādēngsee the lanterns, word for word flower lamps

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