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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Even Without a Flat

Give Lan's father your answer at the table: say that even without a flat you won't leave, hear where you'd live, say a flat can be bought bit by bit, hear how many years, hear Missus Wang say a house is a house and a life is a life, hear what she means, and hear Master Chen agree.

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THE STORY

The same New Year's Day lunch at the Chens' house in Longjing village, the fish half eaten, Missus Wang filling the cups again.

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你 想 好 了 吗？nǐ xiǎng hǎo le maHave you thought it through? To a friend.
即使 没有 房子。jíshǐ méiyǒu fángzieven without a flat; even if is rising then dipping
我 也 不 会 走。wǒ yě bú huì zǒuI still won't leave
即使 没有 房子， 我 也 不 会 走。jíshǐ méiyǒu fángzi, wǒ yě bú huì zǒuEven without a flat, I won't leave.
不 走， 住 哪里？bù zǒu, zhù nǎlǐNot leaving, and living where?
房子 可以 慢慢 买。fángzi kěyǐ mànmān mǎiA flat can be bought bit by bit.
慢慢 买？ 要 多少 年？mànmān mǎi? yào duōshao niánBit by bit? How many years?
房子 是 房子， 日子 是 日子。fángzi shì fángzi, rìzi shì rìziA house is a house, a life is a life.
什么 意思？shénme yìsiWhat do you mean?
日子 是 他们 两 个 过 的。rìzi shì tāmen liǎng ge guò deThe life is theirs to live, the two of them.

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