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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Grandma Deng's Teahouse

Arrive at Grandma Deng's teahouse in the park: be sat down with a lidded bowl of tea, praise the bamboo chairs, hear the teahouse has been open fifty years, ask what is wrong, and hear that the rent has doubled and the lease runs out at the end of June.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Grandma Deng's teahouse under the trees of the People's Park: bamboo chairs, lidded bowls, regulars at every table, and her grandson Little Deng standing behind her.

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邓 奶奶， 我们 来 了！dèng nǎinai, wǒmen lái leGrandma Deng, we're here!
盖碗 茶。gàiwǎn chálidded-bowl tea, the three-piece cup of Sichuan
快 坐！ 喝 盖碗 茶。kuài zuò! hē gàiwǎn cháSit down, quick! Have a lidded-bowl tea.
慢慢 喝。mànmàn hēTake your time drinking.
孙子。sūnzigrandson, word for word grandchild
这 是 我 孙子 小邓。zhè shì wǒ sūnzi xiǎodèngThis is my grandson, Little Deng.
竹 椅子。zhú yǐzibamboo chair
真 舒服！zhēn shūfureally comfortable
这 竹 椅子 真 舒服！zhè zhú yǐzi zhēn shūfuThese bamboo chairs are really comfortable!
我 没 喝 过 盖碗 茶。wǒ méi hē guo gàiwǎn cháI've never drunk lidded-bowl tea.

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