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🇨🇳 Mandarin Chinese · Intermediate Level 3

PART 3 · LESSON 25 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES

Spring Couplets

Put up the spring couplets at Master Chen's gate: hear that this year it's your job, say you've never done it, report it, hear that the character for fortune goes upside down, ask why, and hear the pun that explains it.

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THE STORY

Master Chen's gate on the morning of New Year's Eve, two strips of red paper and a square one, a bowl of paste, and Lan on her way up the lane.

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贴 春联。tiē chūnliánput up the spring couplets, word for word stick spring pairs
欧文， 今年 你 来 贴 春联。ōuwén, jīnnián nǐ lái tiē chūnliánOwen, this year you put up the couplets.
我？ 我 没 贴 过。wǒ? wǒ méi tiē guoMe? I've never put them up.
没 关系， 我 教 你。méi guānxi, wǒ jiāo nǐNever mind, I'll teach you.
这样 对 吗？zhèyàng duì maLike this, right?
好， 贴 好 了！hǎo, tiē hǎo leGood, it's up!
欧文， 你 在 做 什么？ōuwén, nǐ zài zuò shénmeOwen, what are you doing?
他 说 今年 我 来 贴。tā shuō jīnnián wǒ lái tiēHe says this year I put them up.
左边 高 一点！zuǒbian gāo yìdiǎnThe left one a bit higher!
倒 着 贴。dào zhe tiēstuck upside down, word for word fallen, staying, stick

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