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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 1

PART 2 · LESSON 18 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Master Chen Says No

Ask your master what he thinks of the offer: hear the tea has not even grown yet, say the buyer pays in advance, hear it is not a matter of money, hear he does not sell to people he does not know, and say you understand.

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THE STORY

A September afternoon in the tea garden above the Chens' house, Master Chen among the bushes with his shears and Owen at his side.

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师父， 唐 先生 的 事， 您 怎么 看？shīfu, táng xiānsheng de shì, nín zěnme kànMaster-father, Mister Tang's business, what do you think? Politely.
长 出来。zhǎng chūláigrown out, come out of the bush, word for word grow come out
茶 还 没 长 出来， 怎么 卖？chá hái méi zhǎng chūlái, zěnme màiThe tea hasn't even grown yet, how can we sell it?
他 提前 付款， 一 斤 三千。tā tíqián fùkuǎn, yì jīn sānqiānHe pays in advance, three thousand a jin.
钱 的 事。qián de shìa matter of money
不 是 钱 的 事。bú shì qián de shìIt's not a matter of money.
唐 先生 人 很 好。táng xiānsheng rén hěn hǎoMister Tang is a good man.
那 是 什么 事？nà shì shénme shìThen what is it a matter of?
不 认识 的 人。bú rènshi de rénpeople I don't know, word for word not know of people
卖 给 不 认识 的 人。mài gěi bú rènshi de rénsell to people I don't know

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