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A Business Dinner with a Supplier

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ID: 0488 Intermediate
Sound formal? Well, maybe… until the booze comes out. What does drunk sound like in Mandarin Chinese? Listen in to this podcast as we revisit our Canadian businessman as he meets with a supplier for a business dinner, and find out. And remember, once you can understand slurred drunken jabber in Mandarin, you get to move to the next level.
Jenny, John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
久仰 jiǔyǎng to have the pleasure of meeting someone
幸会 xìnghuì glad to meet someone
潜力 qiánlì potential
打交道 dǎ jiāodào to deal with
李经理久仰大名这次终于见面了
Lǐ jīnglǐ 李经理jiǔyǎng 久仰dàmíng 大名zhècì 这次zhōngyú 终于jiànmiàn le 见面了
Mr. Li, pleased to meet you. Now we can finally meet each other.
你好幸会幸会啊怎么样我们公司的样品你们还满意吗
nǐhǎo 你好xìnghuì 幸会xìnghuì 幸会a 啊zěnmeyàng 怎么样wǒmen 我们gōngsī 公司de 的yàngpǐn 样品nǐmen 你们hái 还mǎnyì 满意ma 吗
Hello Peter! It's great to meet you. So, how did it go? Are you satisfied with our company's samples?
太满意了加拿大总公司看了你们的东西夸个不停大家都说肯定能受市场欢迎
tài 太mǎnyì 满意le 了Jiānádà 加拿大zǒnggōngsī 总公司kàn le 看了nǐmen de 你们的dōngxi 东西kuā 夸ge 个bùtíng 不停dàjiā 大家dōu 都shuō 说kěndìng 肯定néng 能shòu 受shìchǎng 市场huānyíng 欢迎
Very satisfied! When the Canadian head office saw them, they couldn't stop praising them. Everyone says they'll do well on the market.
呵呵有钱大家赚现在不是讲究双赢吗今天一定要给我个面子一起吃顿饭
hēhē 呵呵yǒuqián 有钱dàjiā 大家zhuàn 赚xiànzài 现在bù 不shì 是jiǎngjiū 讲究shuāngyíng 双赢ma 吗jīntiān 今天yīdìng 一定yào 要gěi 给wǒ 我ge 个miànzi 面子yīqǐ 一起chī 吃dùn 顿fàn 饭
Ha ha. There's money to be made by everyone, and what we want to strive for is a win-win situation. Peter, today must give me face. Let's go for dinner together.
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