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Blaming Your Partner in Chinese

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ID: 4050 Intermediate
In this lesson we teach you some great words and phrases for blaming your partner in Mandarin Chinese. In this dialogue, a couple are arguing about why one of them booked such an odd time for a show and how they're worried they might not make the showing on time.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
play; show; drama
场次 chǎngcì the number of showings of a movie, play etc
chǎo to quarrel
出发 chūfā to set off
小方我们看几点的戏
xiǎofāng 小方wǒmen 我们kàn 看jǐdiǎn 几点de 的xì 戏
Xiaofang, what time is the movie we’re seeing?
我订了五点半的场次
wǒ 我dìng 订le 了wǔ 五diǎn 点bàn 半de 的chǎngcì 场次
I booked the 5 o’clock screening.
你怎么订这么早的时间不怕赶不上吗
nǐ 你zěnme 怎么dìng 订zhème 这么zǎo 早de 的shíjiān 时间bùpà 不怕gǎnbùshàng 赶不上ma 吗
Why did you book such an early screening? Aren’t you worried we won’t make it?
还说呢还不是你看完戏要跟朋友见面开会我只好订这个时间
háishuō 还说ne 呢háibúshì 还不是nǐ 你kàn 看wán 完xì 戏yào 要gēn 跟péngyou 朋友jiànmiàn 见面kāihuì 开会wǒ 我zhǐhǎo 只好dìng 订zhège 这个shíjiān 时间
You really have the cheek? It was you that said you had a meeting with a friend after the film, so that’s the only time I could book.
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