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Open the Trunk!

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ID: 1926 Elementary
Whether you're a tourist with a plethora of heavy bags or a mafia gangster with some relatively sensitive cargo, it's important to be able to ask the driver to open the trunk of a car. Today's lesson will teach you how to say this highly useful phrase in Mandarin Chinese.
Fri May 04 2012 | Dilu, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
东西 dōngxi thing
这么 zhème so
真 zhēn really
麻烦 máfan troublesome
东西这么多，真麻烦！
dōngxi zhème duō ，zhēn máfan ！
There's so much stuff. It's such a hassle!
我们打车吧。
wǒmen dǎchē ba 。
Let's take a cab.
师傅，开一下后备箱。
shīfu ，kāi yīxià hòubèixiāng 。
Driver, open the trunk.
好。开了。
hǎo 。kāi le 。
OK. It's open.
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