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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 29 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Toasts

Raise your cup at the long table on Grain Rain: hear Teacher Song toast Old Chen with the flame passed on, hear Old Hu say the student has surpassed the master, hear Auntie Liu wish him a hundred years, hear Old Hu ask Missus Wang for a few words, hear that friends are friends and money is money, hear Auntie Liu ask about today, and hear that today nobody pays.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

Auntie Ma's long table in Master Chen's courtyard at one o'clock on Grain Rain, thirty people on benches, the new tea in every cup and rice wine in the old men's, Teacher Song on his feet.

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老陈， 我 敬 你 一 杯！lǎochén, wǒ jìng nǐ yì bēiOld Chen, let me raise a cup to you! To a friend.
薪火相传。xīnhuǒxiāngchuánthe flame passed on, word for word firewood fire each other pass: high, low, high, rising
薪火相传， 干杯！xīnhuǒxiāngchuán, gānbēiThe flame passed on! Cheers!
这 杯 我 干 了！zhè bēi wǒ gān leI'll drink this cup to the bottom!
青出于蓝！qīngchūyúlánblue comes from indigo: the saying alone, a toast to a student
而 胜于蓝！ér shèngyúlánand surpasses the indigo
青出于蓝 而 胜于蓝！qīngchūyúlán ér shèngyúlánBlue from indigo, and bluer than indigo!
少 喝 点， 老胡！shǎo hē diǎn, lǎohúDrink less, Old Hu!
陈 师傅， 长命 百岁！chén shīfu, chángmìng bǎisuìMaster Chen, a hundred years of life!
师母， 您 也 说 两 句！shīmǔ, nín yě shuō liǎng jùMistress, you say a few words too! Politely.

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