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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Autumn List

Take Missus Lin's autumn list on a video call: hear that it's time to buy Tieguanyin, ask where, hear that autumn tea is the most fragrant, order ten jin of each kind, and promise not to forget the test report or Chaozhou.

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THE STORY

An October morning in the front room of the Chens' house in Longjing village, Owen's phone propped against the teapot and Missus Lin on the screen from Seattle.

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铁观音。tiěguānyīnTieguanyin, the Iron Goddess oolong
秋天 到 了。 要 买 铁观音 了。qiūtiān dào le, yào mǎi tiěguānyīn leAutumn's here. Time to buy Tieguanyin.
好 的。 去 哪里 买？hǎo de, qù nǎlǐ mǎiAll right. Where do I buy it?
秋天 也 有 新 茶 吗？qiūtiān yě yǒu xīn chá maIs there new tea in autumn too?
安溪。ānxīAnxi, the town of Tieguanyin
去 安溪。 秋茶 最 香。qù ānxī, qiūchá zuì xiāngGo to Anxi. Autumn tea is the most fragrant.
要 买 多少？yào mǎi duōshaoHow much do you want to buy?
和 浓香 的。hé nóngxiāng deand the strong-fragrance kind
各 十 斤。gè shí jīnten jin of each
清香 的 和 浓香 的， 各 十 斤。qīngxiāng de hé nóngxiāng de, gè shí jīnThe light kind and the strong kind, ten jin of each.

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