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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

One Wok a Day

Stand at the wok with Master Chen and Missus Wang: hear whether he is still frying today, hear that he fries just one wok a day, offer one more, hear that his hands could not take it, ask about the rest, hear that the rest is yours, ask if it is time, and hear that the heat is right.

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THE STORY

The frying room at Master Chen's house in the April harvest, the morning's leaves in their baskets, Missus Wang at the door, Owen at the second wok, Master Chen rolling up his sleeves at the first.

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老陈， 今天 还 炒 吗？lǎo chén, jīntiān hái chǎo maOld Chen, still frying today?
一 锅。yì guōone wok, with its measure word
就 炒 一 锅。jiù chǎo yì guōjust fry one wok, word for word only fry one wok
炒。 一 天 就 炒 一 锅。chǎo. yì tiān jiù chǎo yì guōYes. Just one wok a day.
手 疼 不 疼？shǒu téng bu téngDo your hands hurt?
师父， 再 炒 一 锅？shīfu, zài chǎo yì guōMaster, one more wok?
受 不 了。shòu bu liǎocannot take it, cannot bear it, word for word receive not finish
多 了 手 受 不 了。duō le shǒu shòu bu liǎoMore than that and my hands can't take it.
我 来 看 火。wǒ lái kàn huǒI'll watch the fire.
剩 下 的。shèng xia dethe rest, what is left over, word for word left over, down, of

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