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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Missus Wang's News

Hear from Missus Wang that Master Chen is going to take you as his apprentice: ask when, hear on Grain Rain day, say you're so happy, and learn the word a disciple calls his master, which sounds like the old one and isn't it.

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THE STORY

An evening in the middle of April in the kitchen of the Chens' house, the harvest nearly done, and Missus Wang with something to tell Owen.

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你 知道 吗？nǐ zhīdào maDo you know? To a friend.
收 你 做 徒弟。shōu nǐ zuò túdìtake you as apprentice, word for word receive you be apprentice
老陈 要 收 你 做 徒弟。lǎo chén yào shōu nǐ zuò túdìOld Chen is going to take you as his apprentice. To a friend.
真 的 吗？ 什么 时候？zhēn de ma? shénme shíhouReally? When?
拜 师。bài shītake a master, word for word bow to the master
谷雨 那 天 拜 师。gǔyǔ nà tiān bài shīOn Grain Rain day, you take him as your master.
我 要 拜 师 了！wǒ yào bài shī leI'm going to take a master!
我 太 高兴 了！wǒ tài gāoxìng leI'm so happy!
以后 叫 他 师父。yǐhòu jiào tā shīfuFrom then on, call him master-father.
师父？ 不 一样 吗？shīfu? bù yíyàng maMaster-father? Isn't it the same?

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