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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 2 · LESSON 12 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

On His Terms

Ask Master Chen to let you enter the tea-frying contest, hear his terms, practise every day, a big fire and quick hands, say what you're afraid of, and hear that losing doesn't matter.

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THE STORY

The same evening in Master Chen's frying shed, the fire low under the wok, Owen on a stool and Master Chen with his cup of tea.

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参加 炒 茶 比赛。cānjiā chǎo chá bǐsàitake part in the tea-frying contest
师父， 我 想 参加 炒 茶 比赛。shīfu, wǒ xiǎng cānjiā chǎo chá bǐsàiMaster-father, I'd like to take part in the tea-frying contest.
你 得 每 天 练。nǐ děi měi tiān liànyou must practise every day, with must a short, low word before the verb
好。 但是 你 得 每 天 练。hǎo, dànshì nǐ děi měi tiān liànGood. But you must practise every day.
您 放心， 我 会 练 的。nín fàngxīn, wǒ huì liàn deDon't worry, I will practise. Politely.
每 天 练？ 练 多 久？měi tiān liàn? liàn duō jiǔPractise every day? For how long?
火 得 大， 手 得 快。huǒ děi dà, shǒu děi kuàithe fire must be big, the hands must be quick
一 天 一 锅。 火 得 大， 手 得 快。yì tiān yì guō, huǒ děi dà, shǒu děi kuàiOne wok a day. The fire must be big, the hands must be quick.
我 得 多 练。wǒ děi duō liànI must practise more.
火 太 大， 我 怕 烫 手。huǒ tài dà, wǒ pà tàng shǒuIf the fire's too big, I'm afraid of burning my hand.

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