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Lili and Zhang Liang 2: Growing Affections

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ID: 0265 Intermediate
No matter where/who you are, the “laying it on thick” stage of the (almost) relationship is the same in any language. So how does boyfriend-to-be Zhang Liang fare in the “Mr. Lover-lover” department? We’ll leave that analysis up to you… hotcakes. In this podcast, follow along and learn how to sweet-talk in Mandarin Chinese.
Sun Sep 24 2006 | Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
送 sòng to take
麻烦 máfan trouble
客气 kèqì polite
连 lián even
丽丽，都这么晚了。我送你回家吧。
Lìli ，dōu zhème wǎn le 。wǒ sòng nǐ huíjiā ba 。
Lily, it’s really late. I will bring you home, OK?
明天还要上班，还是别麻烦你了。
míngtiān háiyào shàngbān ，háishì bié máfan nǐ le 。
You have to work tomorrow. I don’t want to trouble you.
别对我这么客气啊。我连你住哪儿都不知道，以后怎么来接你上班呢？
bié duì wǒ zhème kèqì ā 。wǒ lián nǐ zhù nǎr dōu bù zhīdào ，yǐhòu zěnme lái jiē nǐ shàngbān ne ？
Don’t be so polite. I don’t even know where you live. In the future how will I be able to pick you up for work?
好吧。今天你又点那么多菜，吃都吃不完。
hǎoba 。jīntiān nǐ yòu diǎn nàme duō cài ，chī dōu chībuwán 。
All right. Today, once again, you ordered so many dishes that we couldn’t finish them all.
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