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ID: 1303 Intermediate
Now that it's cold out, sitting around a boiling pot of broth for hours on end doesn't seem like such a bad idea. On the contrary! It is a very appealing style of eating (which also accounts for the long lines at hot pot restaurants all over town right now). Learn how to talk hot pot in today's delicious ChinesePod lesson!
Tue Dec 01 2009 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
开 kāi to be boiling
放 fàng to put
羊肉 yángròu mutton
鸳鸯锅 yuānyangguō dual-broth hot pot
这边开了！先放羊肉吧！
zhèbiān kāi le ！xiān fàng yángròu ba ！
This side is boiling! Put some mutton in first!
好！鸳鸯锅总是辣的一边先开。
hǎo ！yuānyangguō zǒngshì là de yībiān xiān kāi 。
Okay! With the dual-broth hot pot, it's always the spicy side that boils first.
快吃！羊肉煮老了就不好吃了。
kuài chī ！yángròu zhǔ lǎo le jiù bù hǎochī le 。
Hurry up and eat! If mutton cooks too long it doesn't taste good.
嗯。放几块土豆进去。土豆熟得慢。再放点儿粉条。
ng4 。fàng jǐ kuài tǔdòu jìnqù 。tǔdòu shú de màn 。zài fàng diǎnr fěntiáo 。
Yeah. Put a few pieces of potato in. Potatoes cook slowly. Put some more bean-noodles in.
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