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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Same Moon

Spend Mid-Autumn far from home on a video call to the village: trade the festival greeting with Lan, ask whether Missus Wang is there, be asked whether you are spending the festival alone, say the moon over Beijing is full, hear that the village's is just as round, hear the classical line everyone says on such a night, say you miss them too, and be told to eat mooncake together.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Mid-Autumn night: Owen on a stool behind his stall with his phone propped on a tea tin, the market dark, and on the screen the lit kitchen in Longjing village, a plate of mooncakes between Lan and Missus Wang.

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欧文， 中秋 快乐！ōuwén, zhōngqiū kuàilèOwen, happy Mid-Autumn!
中秋 快乐！ 师母 也 在？zhōngqiū kuàilè! shīmǔ yě zàiHappy Mid-Autumn! Is Missus Wang there too?
一 个 人 过 节？yí ge rén guò jiéspending the festival alone, word for word one person pass the festival
在 呢。 你 一 个 人 过 节？zài ne. nǐ yí ge rén guò jiéI'm here. You're spending the festival alone? To a friend.
月亮 圆 了。yuèliang yuán lethe moon is full, round and the change word
嗯。 北京 的 月亮 圆 了。ǹg, běijīng de yuèliang yuán leMm. The moon over Beijing is full.
这里 的 月亮 也 一样 圆。zhèlǐ de yuèliang yě yíyàng yuánThe moon here is just as round.
每 逢 佳节 倍 思亲。měi féng jiājié bèi sīqīnat every festival one misses one's family twice over, the line itself
每 逢 佳节 倍 思亲 啊。měi féng jiājié bèi sīqīn aAt every festival one misses one's family twice over.
师母， 我 也 想 你们。shīmǔ, wǒ yě xiǎng nǐmenMissus Wang, I miss you all too.

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