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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 2 · LESSON 16 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

A Lucky Day

Sit with Master Chen's family over the almanac: be asked whether a wedding date has been picked, hear the ninth lunar month named and a day fit for marrying, ask what date that is, and say that any day suits you.

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THE STORY

Master Chen's front room in Longjing village on an autumn evening, the almanac open under the lamp and Missus Wang's finger running down the page.

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结婚 的 日子 看 了 吗？jiéhūn de rìzi kàn le maHave you looked at a wedding date yet?
还 没 有。 奶奶， 您 帮 我们 看看？hái méi yǒu. nǎinai, nín bāng wǒmen kànkanNot yet. Grandma, will you look for us? Politely.
黄历。huánglìthe almanac, word for word yellow calendar
拿 黄历 来。ná huánglì láiFetch the almanac.
什么 是 黄历？shénme shì huánglìWhat's an almanac?
农历 九月。nónglì jiǔyuèthe ninth lunar month, word for word farm calendar nine month
明年 农历 九月 好。míngnián nónglì jiǔyuè hǎoNext year, the ninth lunar month is good.
好 日子！hǎo rìzia lucky day, word for word good day
宜 嫁娶。yí jiàqǔfit for marrying, the almanac's phrase
九月 十六， 宜 嫁娶。 好 日子！jiǔyuè shíliù, yí jiàqǔ. hǎo rìziThe sixteenth of the ninth month: fit for marrying. A lucky day!

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