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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Metre-Long Spout

Watch the tea pourer at Grandma Deng's: point out the kettle, say the spout is a metre long, hear that from a metre away not a drop is spilled, praise his knack, be told to try, say you daren't, be told not to burn yourself, and spill half.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The afternoon rush at Grandma Deng's teahouse, the tea pourer weaving between the bamboo chairs with a copper kettle whose spout is as long as his arm.

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欧文， 快 看 那 把 壶！ōuwén, kuài kàn nà bǎ húOwen, quick, look at that kettle!
壶嘴。húzuǐthe spout, word for word the kettle's mouth
壶嘴 有 一 米 长！húzuǐ yǒu yì mǐ chángThe spout is a metre long!
长嘴 壶。chángzuǐ húa long-spouted kettle, word for word long mouth kettle
这 叫 长嘴 壶。zhè jiào chángzuǐ húThis is called a long-spouted kettle.
一 滴 不 洒。yì dī bù sǎnot a drop spilled, word for word one drop not spill
一 米 外， 一 滴 不 洒。yì mǐ wài, yì dī bù sǎFrom a metre away, not a drop spilled.
有 两下子！yǒu liǎngxiàzito have the knack, word for word to have a couple of moves
你 真 有 两下子！nǐ zhēn yǒu liǎngxiàziYou've really got the knack! To a friend.
你 练 了 几 年？nǐ liàn le jǐ niánHow many years did you practise? To a friend.

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