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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

One Batch a Day

Stand at the wok with Master Chen and Missus Wang when the first buds are out: hear this year is one batch a day, protest that it isn't enough, hear you do it and he watches, say his hands are still fine, hear he is old and there's no denying it, and agree in one word.

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THE STORY

The frying room in Longjing village on a cold morning in March, the first basket of buds on the table and the wok not yet lit.

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长 出来 了！zhǎng chūlái lehave grown out
芽 长 出来 了！yá zhǎng chūlái leThe buds are out!
一 天 一 锅。yì tiān yì guōone batch a day, word for word one day, one wok
今年 一 天 一 锅。jīnnián yì tiān yì guōThis year, one batch a day.
火 小 一点。huǒ xiǎo yìdiǎnLower the heat a little.
一 锅？ 那 不 够 啊！yì guō, nà bú gòu aOne batch? That's not enough!
我 看 着。wǒ kàn zheI'll watch, word for word I look, keeping on
你 来， 我 看 着。nǐ lái, wǒ kàn zheYou do it, I'll watch.
慢慢 来， 不 急。mànmàn lái, bù jíTake it slowly, no hurry.
先 喝 口 茶。xiān hē kǒu cháFirst have a sip of tea.

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