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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 1 · LESSON 10 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Mid-Autumn on the Broken Bridge

Stand on the Broken Bridge with Lan on Mid-Autumn night: wish her a happy Mid-Autumn, hear how round the moon is, remind her of the thousand-year tree and what you said there, ask whether she'll marry you, and hear I will.

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THE STORY

The Broken Bridge on West Lake on Mid-Autumn night, lanterns along the shore, a full moon over the water and almost nobody else on the stones.

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陈兰， 中秋 快乐。chénlán, zhōngqiū kuàilèLan, happy Mid-Autumn.
中秋 快乐！ 今天 的 月亮 真 圆。zhōngqiū kuàilè! jīntiān de yuèliang zhēn yuánHappy Mid-Autumn! The moon is so round tonight.
你 还 记得 那 棵 一千 年 的 树 吗？nǐ hái jìde nà kē yìqiān nián de shù maDo you still remember the thousand-year tree?
如果 你 问 我 呢。rúguǒ nǐ wèn wǒ neand if you asked me, his words that evening
记得。 你 说 如果 你 问 我 呢。jìde, nǐ shuō rúguǒ nǐ wèn wǒ neI remember. You said, and if I asked you.
这 是 给 你 的。zhè shì gěi nǐ deThis is for you.
愿意 嫁 给 我 吗？yuànyì jià gěi wǒ mawill you marry me, word for word willing marry give me
我 现在 问 你。 你 愿意 嫁 给 我 吗？wǒ xiànzài wèn nǐ, nǐ yuànyì jià gěi wǒ maI'm asking you now. Will you marry me?
我 愿意！wǒ yuànyìI will!
我 爸妈 都 知道 了。wǒ bàmā dōu zhīdào leMy parents already know.

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