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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Three Turns and a Shake

Rehearse the act with Mister Hou and Mister Guo: hear the rehearsal start from the top, be stopped for shaking the punchline out early, ask if it was half a beat, hear the rule of three turns and a shake, check it, be told once more, complain that one minute is this hard, and hear the proverb of practice.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The rehearsal room behind the crosstalk teahouse on a December evening, a radiator ticking, Mister Hou and Mister Guo on two stools and Owen at the table with a fan.

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排练。páiliàna rehearsal, word for word line up and practise
排练 开始！ 从 头 来。páiliàn kāishǐ! cóng tóu láiRehearsal begins! From the top.
包袱。bāofuthe punchline, word for word the bundle: high and level, then light
抖 早 了。dǒu zǎo leshook it out early, word for word shake early, the light word
停！ 包袱 抖 早 了。tíng! bāofu dǒu zǎo leStop! You shook the punchline out early.
别 急， 等 一 拍。bié jí, děng yì pāiNo rush, wait a beat.
早 了 半 拍 吗？zǎo le bàn pāi maHalf a beat early?
三 翻 四 抖。sān fān sì dǒuthree turns and a shake: three set-ups, the punchline on the fourth
对。 三 翻 四 抖， 记 住！duì, sān fān sì dǒu, jì zhùYes. Three turns and a shake, remember!
我 又 早 了！wǒ yòu zǎo leI was early again!

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