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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 19 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Old Hu's Chairs

Borrow chairs from Old Hu's teahouse: hear him call you handsome and correct himself to Master Ou, say you would like to borrow chairs, hear him ask how many, say forty for Grain Rain, hear that the chairs and the tables are on him, ask how much, hear not to stand on ceremony because a near neighbour beats a far relative, and give him a seat in front.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Old Hu's teahouse at the bottom of Longjing village on an April afternoon, the chairs stacked along the wall, Old Hu behind his counter with a towel over his shoulder, Owen in the doorway.

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帅哥！ 不 对， 欧 师傅！shuàigē! bú duì, ōu shīfuHandsome! No, Master Ou!
借 椅子。jiè yǐzito borrow chairs
叔叔， 想 借 椅子。shūshu, xiǎng jiè yǐziUncle, I'd like to borrow chairs.
还 要 什么？ 说！hái yào shénme? shuōWhat else do you need? Say!
三十 把？sānshí bǎthirty chairs, word for word thirty handles
借 多少？ 三十 把？jiè duōshao? sānshí bǎHow many? Thirty?
四十 把， 谷雨 用。sìshí bǎ, gǔyǔ yòngForty, for Grain Rain.
我 来 搬。wǒ lái bānI'll carry them.
明天 送 过 去。míngtiān sòng guo quI'll send them over tomorrow.
椅子 我 出。yǐzi wǒ chūthe chairs are on me, word for word chairs I put out

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