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@ 31303 Hot Pot Chitchat
A: 這邊開了！先放羊肉吧！
zhe`bia¯ n ka¯ i le! xia¯ n fa`ng ya´ngro`u ba!
This side is boiling! Put some mutton in first!
B: 好！鴛鴦鍋總是辣的一邊先開。
haˇo! yua¯ nyangguo¯
zoˇngsh`ı la`
de y¯ıbia¯ n xia¯ n ka¯ i.
Okay! With the dual-broth hot pot, it’s always the spicy side that boils first.
C: 快吃！羊肉煮老了就不好吃了。
kua`i ch¯ı! ya´ngro`u zhuˇ
laˇo le jiu`
bu`
haˇoch¯ı le.
Hurry up and eat! If mutton cooks too long it doesn’t taste good.
A: 嗯。放幾塊土豆進去。土豆熟得慢。再放點兒粉
條。
ng. fa`ng jˇı kua`i tuˇdo`u j`ınqu`. tuˇdo`u shu´ diaˇnr feˇntia´o.
de ma`n. za`i fa`ng
Yeah. Put a few pieces of potato in. Potatoes cook slowly. Put some more bean-noodles in.
B: 你也吃點兒吧，別一直往裡放。
nˇı yeˇ
ch¯ı diaˇnr ba, bie´
y¯ızh´ı waˇng lˇı fa`ng.
You should eat some too. You don’t have to keep putting things in.
A: 我上火了，不能吃辣的。
woˇ
sha`nghuoˇ
le, bu`ne´ng ch¯ı la`
de.
I’ve got internal heat right now. I can’t eat spicy foods.
C: 那邊也開了。
na`bia¯ n yeˇ ka¯ i le.
That side is boiling now too.
A: 太好了！我吃不辣的！
ta`i haˇo le! woˇ
ch¯ı bu`
la`
de!
Great! I’ll have some non-spicy stuff!
B: 冬天吃辣的最爽了。
do¯ ngtia¯ n ch¯ı la` de zu`ı shuaˇng le.
In the winter, eating spicy foods feels the best.
C: 就是！怕上火，喝王老吉！
jiu`sh`ı! pa`
sha`nghuoˇ, he¯
Wa´nglaˇoj´ı!
Exactly! If you’re worried about internal heat, drink Wang Laoji!
B: 這是我的飲料，你拿錯了吧。
zhe`
sh`ı woˇ
de yˇınlia`o, nˇı na´
cuo`
le ba.
This is my drink. You took the wrong one.
C: 你不早說！我已經喝了一門了！
nˇı bu`
zaˇo shuo¯ ! woˇ
yˇıj¯ıng he¯
le y¯ı koˇu le!
Why didn’t you say anything? I already drank some!
---Key Vocabulary---
開 ka¯ i to be boiling
放 fa`ng to put
羊肉 ya´ngro`u mutton
鴛鴦鍋 yua¯ nyangguo¯ dual-broth hot pot
總是 zoˇngsh`ı always
一邊 y¯ıbia¯ n side
煮 zhuˇ to boil
老 laˇo well-done
塊 kua`i piece
土豆 tuˇdo`u potato
熟 shu´ to cook
粉條 feˇntia´o mung bean vermicelli
一直 y¯ızh´ı continuously
上火 sha`nghuoˇ
to suffer from ex- cessive internal heat
[traditional medicine] Chinese
爽 shuaˇng refreshing
王老吉 Wa´nglaˇoj´ı a brand cold tea of Chinese
飲料 yˇınlia`o beverage
拿 na´ to take
已經 yˇıj¯ıng already
門 koˇu sip
---Supplementary Vocabulary---
火鍋 huoˇguo¯
降火 jia`nghuoˇ
hot pot
to decrease internal heat
熱性 re`x`ıng foods of a hot ture [traditional na- Chi-
nese medicine]
涼性 lia´ngx`ıng foods of a cool ture [traditional na- Chi-
nese medicine]
嫩 ne`n tender
調料 tia´olia`o seasoning
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