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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Little Deng Wants to Close

Hear Little Deng out: he asks his grandmother to listen, says the teahouse makes no money and young people no longer come, you say the regulars come every day, he asks her to close, and she answers that it is not about money and that she has the final say.

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THE STORY

The back room of Grandma Deng's teahouse on a wet morning, the ledger open on the table between Little Deng and his grandmother, Owen with his bowl by the door.

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奶奶， 您 听 我 说。nǎinai, nín tīng wǒ shuōGrandma, hear me out. Politely.
赚 钱。zhuàn qiánto make money, word for word earn money
茶馆 不 赚 钱。cháguǎn bú zhuàn qiánThe teahouse makes no money.
小邓， 听 奶奶 的。xiǎodèng, tīng nǎinai deLittle Deng, do as Grandma says.
不 赚 钱 也 要 开。bú zhuàn qián yě yào kāiEven if it makes no money, it stays open.
年轻人。niánqīngrényoung people, word for word young person
年轻人 不 来 了。niánqīngrén bù lái leYoung people don't come any more.
你 不 懂。nǐ bù dǒngYou don't understand. To a friend.
我 也 是 为 您 好。wǒ yě shì wèi nín hǎoI'm doing this for your good. Politely.
可是 老 顾客 天天 来。kěshì lǎo gùkè tiāntiān láiBut the regulars come every day.

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