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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Last Basket

Pick the last basket of the spring on Grain Rain morning: hear that it is Grain Rain, say this is the last basket, hear that the rain tea ends today, ask whether the picking stops tomorrow, hear what comes after Grain Rain, agree that once the picking is done you knock off, and hear that everyone is to come to the house.

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THE STORY

The terrace above Master Chen's house at seven in the morning on Grain Rain, Wednesday 20 April 2033, the mist lifting, Auntie Liu's pickers on the rows, Owen with the last basket on his arm.

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小欧， 今天 谷雨 了！xiǎo'ōu, jīntiān gǔyǔ leLittle Oh, it's Grain Rain today!
一 筐。yì kuānga basket; the measure word is high and level
最后 一 筐 了。zuìhòu yì kuāng leIt's the last basket.
刘 阿姨， 辛苦 了！liú āyí, xīnkǔ leAuntie Liu, thank you for your hard work!
到 今天 为止。dào jīntiān wéizhǐup to today and no further, word for word reach today stop
雨前 茶 到 今天 为止。yǔqián chá dào jīntiān wéizhǐThe rain tea ends today.
今年 的 芽 真 好。jīnnián de yá zhēn hǎoThis year's buds are really good.
明天 不 摘 了？míngtiān bù zhāi leNo picking tomorrow?
过 了 谷雨， 不 是 雨前。guò le gǔyǔ, bú shì yǔqiánPast Grain Rain, it isn't rain tea.
收工 吧？shōugōng baknock off work, then, word for word receive the work

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