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Noodles without Cilantro

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At ChinesePod, we not only care about helping you learn Mandarin, we also want to help your social standing…and, to be honest, herbs in the teeth a cool cat do not make. So, in this podcast, here’s what we can do: teach you how to order those tasty noodles, but without the either loathed or loved cilantro/coriander.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
yào to want
chī to eat
什么 shénme what
wǎn (measure word); bowl
要吃什么?
yào chī shénme ?
What do you want to eat?
一碗拉面,不要香菜。
yī wǎn lāmiàn ,bùyào xiāngcài 。
A bowl of noodles, don't want the cilantro.
一点都不要?
yīdiǎn dōu bù yào ?
You don’t want any?
对,一点都不要。
duì ,yīdiǎn dōu bù yào 。
That’s right. I don’t want any.
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