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Tea Time with Dim Sum

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ID: 2288 Elementary
It's afternoon and it's time for tea! Sure you could get muffins or cakes to go with your tea, but in China why not go for dim sum instead? In this lesson, two friend grab some dim sum for an afternoon snack.
Wed Oct 02 2013 | John, Dilu
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
饿 è to be hungry
中午 zhōngwǔ noon
饱 bǎo to be full
也 yě also
我饿了。中午没吃饱。
wǒ è le 。zhōngwǔ méi chī bǎo 。
I'm hungry. I didn't get full at lunch.
我也是。那我们去吃下午茶吧。
wǒ yě shì 。nà wǒmen qù chī xiàwǔchá ba 。
Me neither. Let's go have afternoon tea.
好啊。
hǎo a 。
Okay.
我要吃肠粉，虾饺，菠萝包，还有海鲜粥。
wǒ yào chī chángfěn ，xiājiǎo ，bōluóbāo ，háiyǒu hǎixiānzhōu 。
I want to eat stuffed rice noodles, shrimp dumplings, pineapple buns and also seafood congee.
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