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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Picking with Auntie Liu

Pick beside Auntie Liu on the terrace: hear that Little Ou is a master already, tell her not to laugh, hear that her back is no good any more, tell her to sit a while, hear that buds don't wait, ask if she'll come next year, and hear her say of course she will.

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THE STORY

A terrace above Longjing village on a warm April morning, Auntie Liu bent over the bushes with her basket, Owen picking the row beside her with the pickers' chatter further up the hill.

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当 师傅 了！dāng shīfu lebe a master, with the word for taking up a role
小欧 都 当 师傅 了！xiǎo ōu dōu dāng shīfu leLittle Ou is a master already!
刘 阿姨， 别 笑 我。liú āyí, bié xiào wǒAuntie Liu, don't laugh at me.
今天 摘 了 多少？jīntiān zhāi le duōshaoHow much have you picked today?
腰。yāothe waist, the small of the back
腰 不 行 了。yāo bù xíng leis no good any more, word for word not work, changed
我 这 腰 不 行 了。wǒ zhè yāo bù xíng leThis back of mine is no good any more.
您 坐 一会 吧。nín zuò yíhuì baSit a while. Politely.
年轻 人 手 快。niánqīng rén shǒu kuàiYoung people have quick hands.
不 坐！ 芽 不 等 人。bú zuò! yá bù děng rénNo sitting! Buds don't wait.

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