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Asking to Be Paid Back

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ID: 2045 Intermediate
Lending money to friends can be a risky business. They might be a good friend, but are they good with money? What's worse, how can you put pressure on a friend to pay you back? In this lesson, two friends discus how to get another friend to pay one of them back.
Thu Oct 18 2012 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
借 jiè to lend; to borrow
还 huán to pay back
铁哥们儿 tiěgēmenr best friends
普通 pǔtōng common
有个朋友借了我一万块，好几个月了还没还。
yǒu ge péngyou jiè le wǒ yī wàn kuài ，hǎo jǐ ge yuè le hái méi huán 。
I have a friend who borrowed 10,000 kuai from me. It’s been quite a few months and he still hasn‘t paid me back.
铁哥们儿还是普通朋友？
tiěgēmenr háishi pǔtōng péngyou ？
A close friend or just a friend?
普通朋友。
pǔtōng péngyou 。
Just a friend.
一万块不是小钱，他应该不会忘记。
yī wàn kuài bùshì xiǎoqián ，tā yīnggāi bù huì wàngjì 。
10,000 kuai isn’t small change. He shouldn‘t forget.
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