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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 30 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Wok Passes to You

Sit at the last table of the New Year: hear Master Chen say this spring is the last time, ask the last time for what, hear he is old and his hands are slow, hear he has fried tea for fifty years, hear the wok passes to you, say you have not learned enough, hear that tea waits for no one, and be told to come back in March.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Master Chen's main room in Longjing village on the last evening of the New Year, the lanterns taken down, the round table cleared but for the teapot, the four of them around it.

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今年 春天， 最后 一 次。jīnnián chūntiān, zuìhòu yí cìThis spring is the last time.
师父， 什么 最后 一 次？shīfu, shénme zuìhòu yí cìMaster, the last time for what?
吃 完 再 说。chī wán zài shuōEat first, then talk.
我 老 了， 手 也 慢 了。wǒ lǎo le, shǒu yě màn leI'm old, and my hands are slow too.
他 炒 了 五十 年 了。tā chǎo le wǔshí nián leHe's fried tea for fifty years.
锅 交 给 你。guō jiāo gěi nǐThe wok passes to you. To a friend.
还 没 学 够！hái méi xué gòuhaven't learned enough yet, word for word still not learned enough
师父， 我 还 没 学 够！shīfu, wǒ hái méi xué gòuMaster, I haven't learned enough yet!
爷爷， 茶 不 等 人。yéye, chá bù děng rénGrandpa, tea doesn't wait for people.
有 话 跟 你 说。yǒu huà gēn nǐ shuōhave something to tell you, word for word have words with you to say

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