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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 21 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Pu'er Before the Rains

Take a call from Missus Lin: hear the shop will sell pu'er, say you've never bought it, hear you're to go to Yunnan for ancient-tree tea, and that you should go early, while the rainy season hasn't come.

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THE STORY

A May morning in Hangzhou: Owen's phone rings in the tea shop, and it is Missus Lin, with an idea for the shelves.

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普洱 茶。pǔ'ěr chápu'er tea, the dark pressed tea of the south-west
欧文， 店 要 卖 普洱 茶 了。ōuwén, diàn yào mài pǔ'ěr chá leOwen, the shop is going to sell pu'er tea.
普洱 茶？ 我 没 买 过。pǔ'ěr chá? wǒ méi mǎi guòPu'er tea? I've never bought it.
古 树 茶。gǔ shù cháancient-tree tea, from trees hundreds of years old
去 云南 买 古 树 茶。qù yúnnán mǎi gǔ shù cháGo to Yunnan and buy ancient-tree tea.
古 树 茶？ 什么 时候 去？gǔ shù chá? shénme shíhou qùAncient-tree tea? When do I go?
趁 雨季 还 没 来， 早点 去。chèn yǔjì hái méi lái, zǎodiǎn qùWhile the rainy season hasn't come yet, go early.
雨季 什么 时候 来？yǔjì shénme shíhou láiWhen does the rainy season come?
五月 就 来 了。 天天 下 雨。wǔyuè jiù lái le, tiāntiān xià yǔIt comes in May. It rains every day.
好， 我 下 个 星期 就 去。hǎo, wǒ xià ge xīngqī jiù qùAll right, I'll go next week.