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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 1

PART 1 · LESSON 6 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Giant Leaves of Taiping Houkui

Look at Little Wu's first tea: ask how the leaves can be so big, hear two leaves hold one bud, ask how it's made, hear that it's pressed flat by hand when it's just been picked, and ask to try.

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THE STORY

The Wu family's drying room on a May morning, long flat leaves of Taiping Houkui laid out on mesh trays under the window.

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太平 猴魁！tàipíng hóukuíTaiping Houkui, the Monkey King tea
老欧， 看， 太平 猴魁！lǎo ōu, kàn, tàipíng hóukuíOld Oh, look, Taiping Houkui!
怎么 这么 大？zěnme zhème dàhow come so big
叶子 怎么 这么 大？yèzi zěnme zhème dàHow come the leaves are so big?
抱 一 芽。bào yì yáhold one bud
两 叶 抱 一 芽。liǎng yè bào yì yáTwo leaves hold one bud.
怎么 做 的？zěnme zuò deHow is it made?
炒 茶 的 时候， 手 要 快。chǎo chá de shíhou, shǒu yào kuàiWhen frying tea, hands must be quick.
压 平。yā píngpress flat, word for word press level
刚 摘 的 时候。gāng zhāi de shíhouwhen just picked

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