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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 17 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

First Day at the Wok

Take the newcomer into the frying room: hear her ask what to do, tell her to watch first and not touch, hear her ask if the wok doesn't hurt your hands, say that hot is certain, hear Master Chen say hands quick and heart still, hear her ask how, tell her to watch the hands and not the wok, and hear that she watches for three days.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The frying room at Master Chen's house on an April morning, two woks going, Zhou Yu on her first day standing where Owen stood six years before, Master Chen on his stool by the wall.

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欧 师傅， 我 做 什么？ōu shīfu, wǒ zuò shénmeMaster Ou, what do I do?
别 动 手。bié dòng shǒudon't touch, word for word don't move hands
先 看。 别 动 手。xiān kàn. bié dòng shǒuWatch first. Don't touch.
我 可以 试试 吗？wǒ kěyǐ shìshi maMay I try?
手 不 疼 吗？shǒu bù téng madon't your hands hurt
锅 这么 烫， 手 不 疼 吗？guō zhème tàng, shǒu bù téng maThe wok's this hot. Don't your hands hurt?
是 肯定 的。shì kěndìng deis certain, goes without saying, word for word is sure of
烫 是 肯定 的。tàng shì kěndìng deHot, that's certain.
小心， 别 烫 着。xiǎoxīn, bié tàng zheCareful, don't burn yourself.
第 一 天 都 这样。dì yī tiān dōu zhèyàngEveryone's like that the first day.

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