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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Village Head and the Elders

Receive the village head and the elders at the frying-room door: hear him count sixty-four years, hear Master Chen call for a seat, hear that nobody in the village has fried longer, hear Master Chen say he is old, hear that they have all come to watch, welcome the room, seat the village head, and hear that they are counting on you.

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THE STORY

The frying-room door at half past eleven on Grain Rain, the village head in a dark jacket with five old men behind him, Master Chen on his stool by the cold wok, Owen with the teapot.

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六十四 年 了！liùshísì nián lesixty-four years now
老陈， 六十四 年 了！lǎochén, liùshísì nián leOld Chen, sixty-four years!
村长 来 了！ 快 请 坐。cūnzhǎng lái le! kuài qǐng zuòThe village head is here! Please sit, quick.
老 朋友 都 来 了。lǎo péngyou dōu lái leThe old friends have all come.
炒 得 久。chǎo de jiǔfried for long, with the linking word after the verb
比 你 炒 得 久。bǐ nǐ chǎo de jiǔthan you, fried for long
没 人 比 你 炒 得 久。méi rén bǐ nǐ chǎo de jiǔNobody has fried longer than you.
老 了， 炒 不 动 了。lǎo le, chǎo bu dòng leI'm old, I can't fry any more.
我 去 倒 茶。wǒ qù dào cháI'll go and pour the tea.
今天 我们 都 来 看。jīntiān wǒmen dōu lái kànToday we've all come to watch.

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