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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 3 · LESSON 24 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Climbing the Ancient Trees

Pick tea in the old grove with Yan Wen: be told to climb up and on no account fall, say you climbed trees as a child, pick one bud and two leaves, and hand them down.

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THE STORY

The morning after the welcome, in the grove above the Bulang village: the old trees stand taller than a house, and Yan Wen points at the branches.

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爬 上 去 吧。pá shàng qù baclimb up, away from here
这 棵 树 很 高， 你 爬 上 去 吧。zhè kē shù hěn gāo, nǐ pá shàng qù baThis tree is tall. Climb up.
我？ 爬 上 去？wǒ? pá shàng qùMe? Climb up?
掉 下 来！diào xià láifall down, word for word drop, down, come
对。 千万 别 掉 下 来！duì, qiānwàn bié diào xià láiYes. Whatever you do, don't fall!
放心。 我 小时候 天天 爬 树。fàngxīn, wǒ xiǎoshíhou tiāntiān pá shùDon't worry. When I was small, I climbed trees every day.
一 芽 两 叶。yì yá liǎng yèone bud, two leaves
摘 一 芽 两 叶。 老 的 别 摘。zhāi yì yá liǎng yè, lǎo de bié zhāiPick one bud and two leaves. Don't pick the old ones.
一 芽 两 叶。 这样 对 吗？yì yá liǎng yè, zhèyàng duì maOne bud, two leaves. Like this, right?
摘 下 来。zhāi xià láipick them down

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