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Is There Garlic in This? I'm Vegan!
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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 2898 Elementary
Are you a vegetarian or perhaps a vegan? Do you struggle to explain yourself in China when ordering food? This lesson will get you ordering like a pro, and teach you different ways to say vegetarian in Chinese.
For another video with more ways to say all kinds of vegetarian and vegan, check out Fiona on YouTubehere
Tue May 31 2016 | Gwilym, Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED | PINYIN | ENGLISH | |
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素炒面 | sùchǎomiàn | vegetarian fried noodles | |
里头 | lǐtou | inside | |
吃素 | chīsù | to be a vegetarian | |
当然 | dāngrán | of course |
服务员,这个素炒面里头怎么有葱蒜啊?
fúwùyuán ,zhè ge sù chǎomiàn lǐtou zěnme yǒu cōngsuàn ā ?
Waiter, why is there spring onion and garlic in this vegetarian fried noodles?
你说不吃肉,里头没有肉。
nǐ shuō bù chī ròu ,lǐtou méiyǒu ròu 。
You said you didn't eat meat, there's no meat in it.
我说我吃素,当然是佛教素。
wǒ shuō wǒ chīsù ,dāngrán shì fójiào sù 。
I said I was a vegetarian, of course I meant Buddhist vegetarianism.
葱蒜是荤的吗?我没听说过,那你要换一盘吗?
cōngsuàn shì hūn de ma ?wǒ méi tīngshuō guo ,nà nǐ yào huàn yīpán ma ?
Are spring onion and garlic non-vegetarian? I never heard that before. Do you want me to give you a new one?
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