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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 7 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Shopping for the Gifts

Shop with Lan for the New Year gifts: ask what to buy her father, hear he lacks nothing, suggest two bottles of liquor, hear he likes a drink, ask what if he doesn't like them, hear that the thought is what counts, and settle on a box of Longjing for her mother.

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THE STORY

A Saturday before the New Year in a liquor and tea shop on Hefang Street in Hangzhou, the shelves red with gift boxes.

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给 你 爸 买 什么？gěi nǐ bà mǎi shénmeWhat do we buy for your dad?
什么 都 不 缺。shénme dōu bù quēlacks nothing, word for word what all not lack; lack is high and level
他 什么 都 不 缺。tā shénme dōu bù quēHe lacks nothing.
别 买 太 贵 的。bié mǎi tài guì deDon't buy anything too expensive.
那 这 两 瓶 酒 怎么样？nà zhè liǎng píng jiǔ zěnmeyàngThen how about these two bottles?
不错。 他 喜欢 喝 酒。búcuò, tā xǐhuan hē jiǔNot bad. He likes a drink.
买 两 瓶， 不 买 一 瓶。mǎi liǎng píng, bù mǎi yì píngBuy two, not one.
万一。wànyīwhat if, just in case, word for word ten thousand one; falling, then high and level
万一 他 不 喜欢 呢？wànyī tā bù xǐhuan neWhat if he doesn't like it?
心意 最 重要。xīnyì zuì zhòngyàothe thought is what matters most, word for word heart meaning most important

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