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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 2 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES Free

Teased at the Table

Wrap dumplings at the New Year table with Lan's father, Lan and Missus Wang: be told yours look like buns, hear Lan dare her father to do better, hear who's afraid of whom, hear him back down with just kidding, tell him he wins, and be told not to gloat.

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Lesson 2 · Teased at the Table

Mandarin Chinese · 30 minutes

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The Chens' table in Longjing village on the second day of the New Year, flour on everyone's hands and a tray of dumplings waiting for the pot.

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像 包子！xiàng bāozilook like buns
欧文， 你 的 饺子 像 包子！ōuwén, nǐ de jiǎozi xiàng bāoziOwen, your dumplings look like buns!
我 第 一 次 包 饺子。wǒ dì yī cì bāo jiǎoziIt's my first time wrapping dumplings.
你 行 你 上 啊！nǐ xíng nǐ shàng aif you're so good, you do it, word for word you able, you go up
爸， 你 行 你 上 啊！bà, nǐ xíng nǐ shàng aDad, if you're so good, you do it!
谁 怕 谁！shéi pà shéiwho's afraid of whom
上 就 上， 谁 怕 谁！shàng jiù shàng, shéi pà shéiFine, I will. Who's afraid of whom!
你 包 一 个 我 看看。nǐ bāo yí ge wǒ kànkanYou wrap one, let me see.
这个 更 像 包子！zhège gèng xiàng bāoziThis one looks even more like a bun!
开 玩笑 的。kāi wánxiào dejust kidding, word for word open a joke
开 玩笑 的， 开 玩笑 的！kāi wánxiào de, kāi wánxiào deJust kidding, just kidding!
服 了 您 了。fú le nín leyou win, word for word I give in to you
爸， 我 服 了 您 了。bà, wǒ fú le nín leDad, you win. Politely.
别 得意，bié déyìdon't gloat
别 得意， 你 的 也 像 包子。bié déyì, nǐ de yě xiàng bāoziDon't gloat, yours look like buns too.
好 了， 好 了， 吃 饺子！hǎo le, hǎo le, chī jiǎoziAll right, all right, eat the dumplings!