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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 8 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Games at the Bride's Door

Stand with Little Wu and his cousin outside the bride's door: hear Ling demand the red envelopes, hear the cousin beg her to open, be told the best man does ten push-ups, take the dare, hear the groom quizzed on what the bride loves to eat, hear him get it wrong and be punished with a song, and hear him give in.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

A closed bedroom door in Ling's parents' house under the Yellow Mountain on the wedding morning, firecracker smoke in the yard and a dozen bridesmaids laughing on the other side.

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红包 拿 来!hóngbāo ná láiRed envelopes, hand them over!
给 了, 开门 吧!gěi le, kāimén baHere, open the door!
再 给 一 个 红包。zài gěi yí ge hóngbāoOne more red envelope.
十 个 俯卧撑!shí ge fǔwòchēngten push-ups
伴郎 做 十 个 俯卧撑!bànláng zuò shí ge fǔwòchēngThe best man does ten push-ups!
看 我 的!kàn wǒ dewatch me, word for word look at mine
十 个? 行, 看 我 的!shí ge, xíng, kàn wǒ deTen? Fine, watch me!
快 点, 快 点!kuài diǎn, kuài diǎnHurry up, hurry up!
最 爱 吃 什么?zuì ài chī shénmemost loves to eat what
新娘 最 爱 吃 什么?xīnniáng zuì ài chī shénmeWhat does the bride most love to eat?

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