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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 27 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Pouring It Yourself

Take the host's side of Old Zheng's tray: hear that today it's Dancong, Honey Orchid, ask whether you brew, be told you pour too slowly, hear that brewed too long it turns bitter, and ask to go once more.

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THE STORY

The next morning in Old Zheng's teahouse in Chaozhou, Owen on the host's side of the tray for the first time and Old Zheng on a stool beside him.

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单丛。dāncóngDancong, the Phoenix oolong, word for word single bush
蜜兰香。mìlánxiāngHoney Orchid, its best-known kind
今天 泡 单丛。 蜜兰香。jīntiān pào dāncóng, mìlánxiāngToday we brew Dancong. Honey Orchid.
今天 我 来 泡 吗？jīntiān wǒ lái pào maToday do I do the brewing?
单丛 也 是 潮州 的 吗？dāncóng yě shì cháozhōu de maIs Dancong from Chaozhou too?
对， 你 来。 水 开 了。duì, nǐ lái, shuǐ kāi leYes, you do it. The water's boiling. To a friend.
好。 这样 倒 吗？hǎo, zhèyàng dào maOK. Pour like this?
这 次 怎么样？zhè cì zěnmeyàngHow was it this time?
倒 得 太 慢 了。dào de tài màn lepour too slowly, word for word pour get too slow
你 倒 得 太 慢 了。nǐ dào de tài màn leYou pour too slowly. To a friend.

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