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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 1

PART 3 · LESSON 28 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Twenty Teas, All Bought

Report to Missus Lin in December: say all twenty kinds are bought, hear her ask about the budget, say not only under budget but money saved, say how much, say the tea has all been sent off, and hear well done.

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THE STORY

A December evening in Lan's shop in Hangzhou, flattened boxes against the wall, Owen's phone against a tea tin and Missus Lin on the screen from Seattle.

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买 好 了。mǎi hǎo lebought and done, word for word buy good, changed
欧文， 茶 都 买 好 了 吗？ōuwén, chá dōu mǎi hǎo le maOwen, is all the tea bought?
二十 种。èrshí zhǒngtwenty kinds
二十 种 都 买 好 了。èrshí zhǒng dōu mǎi hǎo leAll twenty kinds are bought.
二十 种 茶， 都 是 最 好 的。èrshí zhǒng chá, dōu shì zuì hǎo deTwenty kinds of tea, all the best.
预算 呢？ 超 了 吗？yùsuàn ne? chāo le maAnd the budget? Did you go over?
不但 没 超，búdàn méi chāonot only not over
而且 省 了。érqiě shěng lebut also saved
不但 没 超， 而且 省 了。búdàn méi chāo, érqiě shěng leNot only not over, but money saved.
省 了 很 多 钱。shěng le hěn duō qiánI saved a lot of money.

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