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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 2

PART 1 · LESSON 9 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Lan's Father's Conditions

Hear Lan's father's conditions at the New Year's Day table: hear he has three, say you're listening, hear only with a flat can you marry, hear Lan say flats are expensive, hear a steady job, say yours is steady, hear unless you stay in China, and hear Lan say you won't leave.

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THE STORY

New Year's Day lunch at the Chens' house in Longjing village, Lan's parents up from the city, the fish still whole in the middle of the table.

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条件。tiáojiànconditions, terms
欧文， 我 有 三 个 条件。ōuwén, wǒ yǒu sān ge tiáojiànOwen, I have three conditions.
什么 条件？ 您 说。shénme tiáojiàn? nín shuōWhat conditions? Go on. Politely.
您 说， 我 听 着 呢。nín shuō, wǒ tīng zhe neGo on, I'm listening. Politely.
只有 有 房子。zhǐyǒu yǒu fángzionly with a flat, word for word only have house; house is rising then light
只有 有 房子， 才 能 结婚。zhǐyǒu yǒu fángzi, cái néng jiéhūnOnly with a flat can you marry.
爸， 房子 很 贵！bà, fángzi hěn guìDad, flats are expensive!
还 要 有 稳定 的 工作。hái yào yǒu wěndìng de gōngzuòAnd a steady job.
我 的 工作 很 稳定。wǒ de gōngzuò hěn wěndìngMy job is steady.
留 在 中国。liú zài zhōngguóstay in China

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