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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Contest

Hear from Old Hu that the village is holding a tea-frying contest, say you don't fry well enough, be pushed with a why not, and agree to sign up.

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THE STORY

A March morning at the gate of Master Chen's courtyard in Longjing village, Old Hu leaning on his bicycle and Owen with a basket of fresh leaves.

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炒 茶 比赛！chǎo chá bǐsàia tea-frying contest
老欧， 村里 要 炒 茶 比赛！lǎo ōu, cūnli yào chǎo chá bǐsàiOld Oh, the village is having a tea-frying contest!
炒 茶 比赛？ 什么 时候？chǎo chá bǐsài? shénme shíhouA tea-frying contest? When?
比赛 在 哪里？bǐsài zài nǎliWhere is the contest?
你 为什么 不 试试 呢？nǐ wèishénme bú shìshi newhy don't you have a go, word for word why not try try, then the soft question word
清明 以前。 你 为什么 不 试试 呢？qīngmíng yǐqián, nǐ wèishénme bú shìshi neBefore Ching Ming. Why don't you have a go?
炒 得 不 够 好。chǎo de bú gòu hǎonot well enough, word for word fry, the linking word, not enough good
我？ 我 炒 得 不 够 好。wǒ? wǒ chǎo de bú gòu hǎoMe? I don't fry well enough.
去 报名 吧！qù bàomíng bago and sign up, word for word go report the name, with the soft push at the end
你 炒 了 三 年 了！ 去 报名 吧！nǐ chǎo le sān nián le! qù bàomíng baYou've been frying for three years! Go and sign up!

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