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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 15 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

No True Man

Climb the Great Wall with the troupe on a winter day: hear that today you climb, ask for a photo on the wall, hear the proverb that is a place, say you will be a true man, hear the steps are too steep, say you cannot climb any more, be told to rest and drink, hear that keeping going is winning, and say you have made it.

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THE STORY

A steep stretch of the Great Wall north of Beijing on a bright, freezing December morning, the troupe in padded coats, Mister Hou in front, Mister Guo with a thermos of tea.

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长城！chángchéngthe Great Wall, word for word long wall
欧文， 今天 爬 长城！ōuwén, jīntiān pá chángchéngOwen, today we climb the Great Wall!
在 长城 上 合影！zài chángchéng shàng héyǐngA photo together on the Great Wall!
多 穿 点， 山 上 风 大。duō chuān diǎn, shān shàng fēng dàWear more, it's windy up there.
好汉！hǎohàna true man, a hero, word for word good fellow of the Han
非 好汉！fēi hǎohànis no true man, with the old, written word for not
不 到 长城 非 好汉！bú dào chángchéng fēi hǎohànHe who hasn't reached the Great Wall is no true man!
好， 我 要 当 好汉！hǎo, wǒ yào dāng hǎohànRight, I'm going to be a true man!
台阶。táijiēthe steps, word for word platform steps
台阶 太 陡 了， 慢 点。táijiē tài dǒu le, màn diǎnThe steps are too steep, slow down.

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