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After a Car Accident

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ID: 2510 Intermediate
Accidents are common in China, which is inevitable in a country with hundreds of millions of cars, scooters and bicycles. In this lesson, the two parties discuss the option of settling it privately or through the insurance company.
Sun Aug 17 2014 | David, Ryan
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
刮 guā to scrape
负全责 fùquánzé to take full responsibility
赔 péi to compensate
私了 sīliǎo to settle privately
你怎么开车的啊？你看，我的车被刮成这样了！
nǐ zěnme kāichē de a ？nǐ kàn ，wǒ de chē bèi guā chéng zhèyàng le ！
What kind of driver are you? Look at how my car is scraped up!
哎呀，对不起。我负全责。你看要赔多少，咱们私了吧。
āiyā ，duìbuqǐ 。wǒ fùquánzé 。nǐ kàn yào péi duōshao ，zánmen sīliǎo ba 。
Oh my, I am sorry. I take full responsibility. You decide how much I pay and let's handle it privately.
私了不靠谱，咱得走保险流程。
sīliǎo bù kàopǔ ，zán děi zǒu bǎoxiǎn liúchéng 。
Settling it privately is not reliable. Let's follow the insurance process.
没问题！
méiwèntí ！
No problem!
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