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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Ching Ming at the Grave

Climb to the family grave with Master Chen and Lan at Ching Ming: ask whose grave it is, hear about a great-grandfather who fried tea his whole life, pour him a cup, bow, and make a promise of your own.

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THE STORY

Early April, the morning of Ching Ming, on the hillside above Longjing village, where the family sweeps a grave with a broom, a flask of tea and the first leaves of the year.

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今天 清明， 我们 去 扫 墓。jīntiān qīngmíng, wǒmen qù sǎo mùToday's Ching Ming, we're going to sweep the grave.
这 是 谁 的 墓？zhè shì shéi de mùWhose grave is this?
太 爷爷。tài yéyegreat-grandfather, word for word great grandpa
我 太 爷爷 的。wǒ tài yéye deMy great-grandfather's.
一辈子yíbèizia whole lifetime
他 炒 了 一辈子 茶。tā chǎo le yíbèizi cháHe fried tea his whole life.
我 学 了 一 年 中文。wǒ xué le yì nián zhōngwénI've studied Chinese for a year.
倒 一 杯 茶。dào yì bēi chápour a cup of tea
欧文， 给 他 倒 一 杯 茶。ōuwén, gěi tā dào yì bēi cháOwen, pour him a cup of tea.
再 倒 一 杯。zài dào yì bēiPour another cup.

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