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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 14 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

The Bride Price

Hear the question of a bride price raised at Lan's parents' table, and her father's answer: not a single cent, as long as you promise one thing: wherever you live, come home every New Year.

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THE STORY

Lan's parents' table in Longjing village, the tea poured, the four gifts on the sideboard and Teacher Song doing the talking, as a go-between should.

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彩礼 的 事， 你们 怎么 想？cǎilǐ de shì, nǐmen zěnme xiǎngAbout the bride price, what do you two think?
一 分 都 不 要。yì fēn dōu bú yàonot a single cent, word for word one cent all not want
彩礼？ 我们 一 分 都 不 要。cǎilǐ? wǒmen yì fēn dōu bú yàoBride price? We don't want a single cent.
叔叔， 真 的 不 要 吗？shūshu, zhēn de bú yào maUncle, really none?
答应 我 一 件 事。dāying wǒ yí jiàn shìpromise me one thing
真 的。 只要 你 答应 我 一 件 事。zhēn de. zhǐyào nǐ dāying wǒ yí jiàn shìReally. As long as you promise me one thing.
您 说， 什么 事？nín shuō, shénme shìTell me, what is it? Politely.
不管 住 在 哪里，bùguǎn zhù zài nǎlǐno matter where you live
不管 住 在 哪里， 过 年 都 回 家。bùguǎn zhù zài nǎlǐ, guò nián dōu huí jiāWherever you live, come home every New Year.
我 一定 回 来。wǒ yídìng huí láiI'll come back, for certain.

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