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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 22 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The First Buds

Stand with Master Chen at the first buds of the year: say the bushes are budding, ask when you can pick, hear in another ten days, and follow his orders with the word that puts the thing first.

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THE STORY

An early morning at the end of February in the tea garden above Longjing village, and Master Chen is looking closely at the tips of the bushes.

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发 芽 了。fā yá lebudding, word for word send out buds, changed
你 看， 茶树 发 芽 了。nǐ kàn, cháshù fā yá leLook, the tea bushes are budding. To a friend.
这么 早！ 什么 时候 能 采？zhème zǎo! shénme shíhou néng cǎiSo early! When can we pick?
再 过 十 天zài guò shí tiānin another ten days, word for word again pass ten days
再 过 十 天 就 能 采。zài guò shí tiān jiù néng cǎiIn another ten days we can pick.
太 好 了！ 今天 做 什么？tài hǎo le! jīntiān zuò shénmeGreat! What do we do today?
放 在 这里。fàng zài zhèliput here, word for word put at here
把 茶 放 在 这里。bǎ chá fàng zài zhèliPut the tea here.
把 剪刀 拿 来。bǎ jiǎndāo ná láiBring the scissors here.
给 您。 剪 什么？gěi nín, jiǎn shénmeHere you are. What do I cut? Politely.

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