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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 13 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Too Many Orders

Help Lan in a shop that has outgrown two people: hear the orders keep growing, say you can't keep up, say there's no time and the parcels go out tomorrow, and ask whether to hire someone.

Audio instruction: English

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THE STORY

An August afternoon in Lan's little shop in Hangzhou, boxes to the ceiling and her phone chiming with every new order.

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越来越 多 了！yuèláiyuè duō lemore and more, word for word the more it comes the more
欧文， 订单 越来越 多 了！ōuwén, dìngdān yuèláiyuè duō leOwen, the orders keep growing!
今天 多少 个？jīntiān duōshao geHow many today?
忙 不 过来。máng bu guòláican't keep up, word for word busy not come over
两百 个！ 我 忙 不 过来。liǎngbǎi ge! wǒ máng bu guòláiTwo hundred! I can't keep up.
我 来 帮 你 打 包。wǒ lái bāng nǐ dǎ bāoI'll help you pack. To a friend.
寄 出 去。jì chū qùsend out, word for word send out go
来 不 及 了！ 明天 要 寄 出 去。lái bu jí le! míngtiān yào jì chū qùNo time! They have to go out tomorrow.
要 不要 请 人？yào bu yào qǐng rénshould we hire someone, word for word want not want invite people
那 要 不要 请 人？nà yào bu yào qǐng rénThen should we hire someone?

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