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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Concern or Interrogation

Receive Little Wu's New Year visit: trade the holiday greeting, tell him he has got fatter, hear you have got thinner and how much you earn a year, parry it, hear when the children are coming, hear Lan say let nature take its course, ask whether this is concern or an interrogation, and be marched off to eat.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Master Chen's courtyard on the third day of the year, Little Wu in a new jacket with a box of Huangshan tea under his arm, Lan pouring, sunflower seeds on the table.

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老欧， 过 年 好！lǎo'ōu, guò nián hǎoOld Oh, happy New Year!
胖 了！pàng lehave got fatter, word for word fat, the light word of change
过 年 好！ 你 胖 了！guò nián hǎo! nǐ pàng leHappy New Year! You've got fatter! To a friend.
别 问 了。bié wèn leStop asking.
挣 多少？zhèng duōshaoto earn, how much
你 瘦 了！ 一 年 挣 多少？nǐ shòu le! yì nián zhèng duōshaoYou've got thinner! How much do you earn a year? To a friend.
够 喝 茶 的。gòu hē chá deEnough for tea.
买 房子 了 吗？mǎi fángzi le maBought a house yet?
什么 时候 要 孩子？shénme shíhou yào háiziWhen are you having children?
顺其 自然。shùnqí zìránLet nature take its course.

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