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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 2855
Upper Intermediate
If you wanna get fresh and tasty produce there is no better place than a traditional market. However, buying things from a traditional market usually comes with a linguistic price. Listen to a newbie shopper barter with a theatrical veg seller!
You'll learn plenty of terms and phrases that you'll need to survive in a traditional market as well as some very creative ways to talk about vegetables.
Photo by changyisheng
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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| SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 摘 | zhāi | to pluck | |
| 娇艳欲滴 | jiāoyànyùdī | plump and tender | |
| 斤 | jīn | catty (roughly half a kilogram) | |
| 产地 | chǎndì | place of production |
来看看喔今天菜很新鲜喔清晨刚摘六点送到现在八点就卖给你
lái 来kàn kan 看看ō 喔jīntiān 今天cài 菜hěn 很xīnxiān 新鲜ō 喔qīngchén 清晨gāng 刚zhāi 摘liùdiǎn 六点sòng 送lái 到xiànzài 现在bā diǎn 八点jiù 就màigěi 卖给nǐ 你
Come and look, today's vegetables are really fresh! Plucked this morning and delivered at six and now at eight I'm selling them to you.
这么有效率啊老板你们空心菜怎么卖
zhème 这么yǒu 有xiàolǜ 效率ā 啊lǎobǎn 老板nǐmen 你们kòngxīncài 空心菜zěnmemài 怎么卖
How efficient, Mister, in what quantity do you sell the water spinach?
这位客人你眼光好你看今天空心菜娇艳欲滴一斤五块
zhè 这wèi 位kèrén 客人nǐ 你yǎnguāng 眼光hǎo 好nǐ 你kàn 看jīntiān 今天kòngxīncài 空心菜jiāoyànyùdī 娇艳欲滴yī 一jīn 斤wǔ kuài 五块
You've got some eye there buddy, you can see how plump and tender today's water spinach is. It's RMB5 for half a kilogram.
娇艳欲滴可以拿来形容菜吗但也太贵了我上次买一斤才三块半
jiāoyànyùdī 娇艳欲滴kěyǐ 可以nálái 拿来xíngróng 形容cài 菜ma 吗dàn 但yě 也tài 太guì 贵le 了wǒ 我shàngcì 上次mǎi 买yī 一jīn 斤cái 才sān kuài 三块bàn 半
Plump and tender can be used to describe vegetables? But it's really too expensive, last time I just paid RMB3.50 for half a kilogram.
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