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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Learning the Words

Rehearse the ceremony with Lan and Little Wu the evening before: ask how the words go, hear pour the tea with both hands and bow three times, learn the disciple's promise, and be told you'll say it well.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The evening before Grain Rain at the kitchen table in Longjing village, with a teapot standing in for the ceremony and two coaches who have seen one before.

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拜 师 的 话bài shī de huàthe words for taking a master
拜 师 的 话 怎么 说？bài shī de huà zěnme shuōHow do you say the words for taking a master?
用 双手。yòng shuāngshǒuWith both hands.
先 倒 茶， 用 双手。xiān dào chá, yòng shuāngshǒuFirst pour the tea, with both hands.
鞠 三 个 躬。jū sān ge gōngbow three times, word for word bend three bows
再 鞠 三 个 躬。zài jū sān ge gōngThen bow three times.
再 鞠 一 个 躬。zài jū yí ge gōngBow once more.
三 个 躬。 再 说 什么？sān ge gōng, zài shuō shénmeThree bows. Then say what?
说： 师父， 请 喝 茶。shuō: shīfu, qǐng hē cháSay: master-father, please have some tea.
弟子dìzǐthis disciple, the ceremony's word for apprentice

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