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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 4197 Elementary
In this lesson, we're traveling around the world to learn the names of different cuisines, and you'll also learn how to say all kinds of flavors in Chinese!
Sat Jun 01 2019 | Joy, Joe
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
菜 cài dish (type of food)
吧 ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
太 tài very, too (much)
油 yóu greasy; oily
我们吃中国菜吧！
wǒmen chī Zhōngguó cài ba ！
Let's have Chinese food!
太油了。
tài yóu le 。
That's too greasy.
日本菜呢？
Rìběn cài ne ？
How about Japanese food?
太淡了。
tài dàn le 。
That's too bland.
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