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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Picked Up at the Station

Step off the train at the Yellow Mountain station with Lan and find Little Wu waiting: thank him for coming, hear you're brothers, hear Lan say you were nervous the whole way, hear what's there to be nervous about, say it's your first time as best man, hear the worst that can happen, and say it's in the bag.

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THE STORY

The forecourt of the Yellow Mountain high-speed station in Anhui on a Friday afternoon in April, suitcases on the pavement and Little Wu waving from a borrowed car.

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老欧！ 兰兰！ 这边！lǎo ōu, lánlan, zhèbiānOld Oh! Lan Lan! Over here!
够 意思！gòu yìsithat's good of you, word for word enough meaning
你 来 接 我们， 够 意思！nǐ lái jiē wǒmen, gòu yìsiYou came to pick us up, that's good of you!
车 在 哪儿？chē zài nǎrWhere's the car?
兄弟 嘛！xiōngdì mayou're my brother, with the nudge word
兄弟 嘛！ 应该 的。xiōngdì ma, yīnggāi deYou're my brother! Of course.
小吴， 他 紧张 了 一路。xiǎo wú, tā jǐnzhāng le yílùLittle Wu, he was nervous the whole way.
先 回 家 吃 饭。xiān huí jiā chī fànHome first, for a meal.
稳 了！wěn leit's in the bag, word for word steady now
紧张 什么？ 稳 了！jǐnzhāng shénme, wěn leWhat's there to be nervous about? It's in the bag!

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