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ID: 0758 Elementary
You may feel that it is your God-given right to not have the eyes of your shrimp staring back at you from the plate. Or that bones in your fish are nothing but a potential throat-lodging disaster. But keep in mind, there are others in distant lands who feel that chewing a bagel with cream cheese has a texture like snot smeared onto a worn out shoe sole. So don't be picky... and listen to this Chinese lesson to hear how fussy sounds in Mandarin.
Sat Jan 12 2008 | Jenny, Ken
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
点 diǎn to order
红烧肉 hóngshāoròu soy-braised pork
太 tài too
油 yóu oily
我们点红烧肉吧。
wǒmen diǎn hóngshāoròu ba 。
Let's order soy-braised pork.
太油了。
tài yóu le 。
It's too oily.
麻婆豆腐呢？
mápó dòufu ne ？
How about some spicy tofu?
太辣了。
tài là le 。
It's too spicy.
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