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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Fluency Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Whole Village Knew

Hear Missus Wang's side, the funniest: hear that the whole village knows about those two, ask whether it really does, hear that only he thinks it is a secret, hear Lan ask when she found out, hear that she knew the day she married him, ask whether she was not angry, and hear that it cracked her up.

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THE STORY

The kitchen of Master Chen's house in Longjing village on a March evening, Missus Wang at the stove with her back to the door, Lan and Owen at the table, Master Chen's step in the yard.

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他 俩 的 事， 全 村 都 知道。tā liǎ de shì, quán cūn dōu zhīdàoThose two's business, the whole village knows.
全 村 都 知道？quán cūn dōu zhīdàoThe whole village knows?
小声 点， 他 来 了！xiǎoshēng diǎn, tā lái leKeep it down, he's coming!
以为 是 秘密。yǐwéi shì mìmìthinks it's a secret, with the verb for taking something wrongly to be true
就 他 一 个 人 以为 是 秘密。jiù tā yí gè rén yǐwéi shì mìmìOnly he thinks it's a secret.
奶奶， 您 什么 时候 知道 的？nǎinai, nín shénme shíhou zhīdào deGrandma, when did you find out? Politely.
那 天 就 知道 了。nà tiān jiù zhīdào lethat day I already knew, with then for as early as
我 嫁 给 他 那 天 就 知道 了。wǒ jià gěi tā nà tiān jiù zhīdào leThe day I married him I already knew.
那 您 不 生气？nà nín bù shēngqìThen you weren't angry? Politely.
笑 死 我 了！xiào sǐ wǒ lecracked me up, word for word laugh dead me, the light word

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