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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Beginner Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Buying Mooncakes

Buy mooncakes with Lan before Mid-Autumn: say the festival is nearly here, ask what filling, hear that egg yolk and lotus paste is the best, say you've never had it, settle on two boxes, and say one is a present for Grandpa and Grandma.

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THE STORY

A bakery on the main street of Longjing village a week before Mid-Autumn, its window stacked with round red boxes.

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中秋节 快 到 了。zhōngqiūjié kuài dào leMid-Autumn is nearly here
买 月饼 吧！mǎi yuèbǐng balet's buy mooncakes
中秋节 快 到 了。 我们 买 月饼 吧！zhōngqiūjié kuài dào le, wǒmen mǎi yuèbǐng baMid-Autumn is nearly here. Let's buy mooncakes!
中秋节 几 号？zhōngqiūjié jǐ hàoWhat date is Mid-Autumn?
好！ 什么 馅 的？hǎo, shénme xiàn deOK! What filling?
蛋黄 莲蓉dànhuáng liánróngegg yolk and lotus paste
蛋黄 莲蓉 的 最 好吃。dànhuáng liánróng de zuì hǎochīEgg yolk and lotus paste is the best.
蛋黄？ 我 没 吃 过。dànhuáng, wǒ méi chī guoEgg yolk? I've never had it.
奶奶nǎinaiGrandma
奶奶 喜欢 甜 的。nǎinai xǐhuan tián deGrandma likes sweet ones.

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