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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 3 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Near Neighbours

Drink the neighbour's jasmine tea at the next stall: be told to try it, ask whether it is from Fujian, hear that Beijingers just love it, hear a saying about neighbours dropped into the talk, agree to look out for each other, hear that you only have to say, ask him to mind your stall while you eat, and hear that he has it covered.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Two stalls side by side in the tea market, a kettle hissing on the neighbour's counter and a lidded glass of jasmine tea pushed across to Owen.

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茉莉 花茶。mòlì huāchájasmine tea, word for word jasmine flower tea
来， 尝尝 我 的 茉莉 花茶。lái, chángchang wǒ de mòlì huācháCome, try my jasmine tea.
真 香！ 这 是 福建 的 吗？zhēn xiāng! zhè shì fújiàn de maSo fragrant! Is it from Fujian?
对。 北京人 就 爱 喝 这个。duì, běijīngrén jiù ài hē zhègeYes. Beijingers just love drinking this.
这 茶 怎么 泡？zhè chá zěnme pàoHow do you brew this tea?
远亲 不如 近邻。yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlína near neighbour beats a far relative, the saying itself
俗话 说， 远亲 不如 近邻。súhuà shuō, yuǎnqīn bùrú jìnlínAs the saying goes, a near neighbour beats a far relative.
互相 照应。hùxiāng zhàoyìnglook out for each other: mutually, then look after
对， 以后 咱们 互相 照应。duì, yǐhòu zánmen hùxiāng zhàoyìngRight; from now on we'll look out for each other.
有 事 你 说话。yǒu shì nǐ shuōhuàif anything comes up, just say, word for word have matter you speak

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