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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 4 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Great Frost

Hear the story of the great frost of Master Chen's youth: hear that year's frost was bigger than any year's, ask how big, hear that the whole mountain went white, hear from Missus Wang that not a single leaf was left, ask how they got through that year, hear that the whole village had it hard, ask what he learned, and hear the proverb that closes the story.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

The kitchen of Master Chen's house in Longjing village on a raw March night, the stove lit, Missus Wang shelling broad beans at the table and Owen with his cup going cold.

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比 哪 年 都 大。bǐ nǎ nián dōu dàbigger than any year's, word for word compared with which year, all, big
那 年 的 霜 比 哪 年 都 大。nà nián de shuāng bǐ nǎ nián dōu dàThat year's frost was bigger than any year's.
有 多 大？yǒu duō dàHow big?
霜 一 来， 茶 就 完 了。shuāng yì lái, chá jiù wán leOnce frost comes, the tea is finished.
整 座 山 都 白 了。zhěng zuò shān dōu bái leThe whole mountain went white.
都 没 剩！dōu méi shèngnot one left, word for word all not remain; remain falls
一 片 叶子 都 没 剩！yí piàn yèzi dōu méi shèngNot a single leaf was left!
那 年 怎么 过 的？nà nián zěnme guò deHow did you get through that year?
那 年， 全 村 都 很 苦。nà nián, quán cūn dōu hěn kǔThat year, the whole village had it hard.
那 您 学 到 了 什么？nà nín xué dào le shénmeSo what did you learn? Politely.

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