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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Upper Line and the Lower Line

Write the New Year couplets with Teacher Song: be called to write, say you write badly, hear who writes the upper line and who the lower, ask about the top scroll, hear it is just four characters, be told the fortune is upside down, answer that fortune has arrived, and be told not to touch because the ink is not dry.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Teacher Song's table under the eaves in Longjing village, red paper weighted with teacups, a brush and an ink stone, Lan holding the paste.

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欧文， 来 写 春联！ōuwén, lái xiě chūnliánOwen, come and write couplets!
宋 老师， 我 写 得 不 好。sòng lǎoshī, wǒ xiě de bù hǎoTeacher Song, I write badly.
慢慢 写， 别 急。mànmàn xiě, bié jíWrite slowly, don't rush.
写 得 真 好！xiě de zhēn hǎoWritten really well!
上联。shàngliánthe upper line of a couplet, word for word up join
下联。xiàliánthe lower line of a couplet, word for word down join
上联 我 写， 下联 你 写。shànglián wǒ xiě, xiàlián nǐ xiěI'll write the upper line, you write the lower. To a friend.
横批。héngpīthe top scroll, the strip across the top, word for word horizontal comment
横批 呢？héngpī neAnd the top scroll?
横批 就 四 个 字。héngpī jiù sì gè zìThe top scroll is just four characters.

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