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Shut down by Pimples

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ID: 1576 Pre Intermediate
Don't you hate it when your internal heat is too high, and you break out? In this Chinese lesson, our tragic heroine suffers that fate and is forced to make a decision: go out with a face covered in unsightly pimples, or just stay home?
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
火锅 huǒguō hot pot
zhǎng to grow
痘痘 dòudou pimples, zits
青春痘 qīngchūndòu pimples
喂萍萍晚上去吃老北京火锅
wéi 喂Píngping 萍萍wǎnshang 晚上qù 去chī 吃lǎo Běijīng 老北京huǒguō 火锅
Hi, Pingping? We're going to go eat Beijing hot pot tonight.
吃火锅不行我脸上长痘痘不能吃上火的东西
chī 吃huǒguō 火锅bùxíng 不行wǒ 我liǎn shàng 脸上zhǎng 长dòudou 痘痘bùnéng 不能chī 吃shànghuǒ 上火de 的dōngxi 东西
Hot pot? Not going to happen. I have some pimples. I can't eat things that will raise my level of internal heat.
那好吧咱下次再约
nà 那hǎo ba 好吧zán 咱xiàcì 下次zài 再yuē 约
Oh, OK. Let's get together another time.
亲爱的我家附近开了一家湘菜馆听说超好吃
qīn\'ài de 亲爱的wǒ jiā 我家fùjìn 附近kāi 开le 了yī 一jiā 家xiāngcài guǎn 湘菜馆tīngshuō 听说chāo 超hǎochī 好吃
Honey, a Hunan restaurant opened near my house. I heard it was super tasty.
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