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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Refusal That Keeps a Friend

Turn down a cheaper batch in the Su family's shop without losing the friend: hear it's a lot cheaper, guess it isn't from Anxi, say sorry, you can't take it, say you only buy their own, and say you're still friends.

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THE STORY

The next morning in the Su family's tea shop on the road into Anxi, a second row of tins on the counter and Su Ming speaking a little lower than the day before.

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这 批 便宜 很 多。zhè pī piányi hěn duōThis batch is a lot cheaper.
这 批 多少 钱？zhè pī duōshao qiánHow much is this batch?
这 批 不 是 安溪 的 吧？zhè pī bú shì ānxī de baThis batch isn't from Anxi, is it?
不 是。 是 朋友 的 茶。bú shì, shì péngyou de cháNo. It's a friend's tea.
不好意思。bù hǎoyìsisorry, the soft one, word for word not good meaning
不好意思， 我 不 能 要。bù hǎoyìsi, wǒ bù néng yàoSorry, I can't take it.
恐怕 不 行。kǒngpà bù xíngI'm afraid not.
为什么？ 价格 很 好。wèishénme? jiàgé hěn hǎoWhy? The price is very good.
我 只 买 你们 自己 的。wǒ zhǐ mǎi nǐmen zìjǐ deI only buy your own.
我 懂 了。 您 是 对 的。wǒ dǒng le, nín shì duì deI see. You're right. Politely.

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