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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

One Plus One, One Character

Guess lantern riddles at the Lantern Festival: be called to guess, ask how, hear a riddle with its formula, give the answer, hear you got it right, hear Lan ask for another, be told the sweet rice balls must be eaten hot, and say they are hot and sweet.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The square of Longjing village on the night of the Lantern Festival, red lanterns strung between the trees with riddles pinned under them, Teacher Song by the kettle of sweet rice balls.

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灯谜。dēngmílantern riddles, word for word lamp riddles
欧文， 来 猜 灯谜！ōuwén, lái cāi dēngmíOwen, come and guess lantern riddles!
灯谜 怎么 猜？dēngmí zěnme cāiHow do you guess a lantern riddle?
我 猜 不 到。wǒ cāi bú dàoI can't guess it.
我 再 想想。wǒ zài xiǎngxiangLet me think again.
打 一 字。dǎ yí zìone character, the riddle's formula, word for word hit one character
一 加 一， 打 一 字。yī jiā yī, dǎ yí zìOne plus one: one character.
我 知道， 是 王！wǒ zhīdào, shì wángI know: it's king!
猜 对 了 有 汤圆 吃。cāi duì le yǒu tāngyuán chīGet it right and you get sweet rice balls.
再 猜 一 次。zài cāi yí cìGuess once more.

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