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Asking Indirect Questions 旁敲侧击

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ID: 2932 Upper Intermediate
Is Lee's daughter single? I bet she would be a good match with Zhao's daughter? Tune in to today's lesson, where you will learn how to ask indirect questions about people's relationship status, common sayings surrounding romantic relationships and some great phrases that you'll need when you are setting someone up. You'll also get some great cultural insights to some traditional expectations and requirements that are deemed necessary to be a good match. Photo by Will Powell
Constance Fang,Fiona Tian
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
令千金 lìngqiānjīn your daughter (honorific)
好说 hǎoshuō you flatter me
独奏 dúzòu solo musical performance
经济 jīngjì economy
老李啊上个礼拜联欢会上看到你和令千金一个唱歌一个弹琴真是好琴艺好歌喉
Lǎo Lǐ 老李ā 啊shàng ge lǐbài 上个礼拜liánhuānhuì 联欢会shàng 上kàndào 看到nǐ 你hé 和lìngqiānjīn 令千金yī 一gè 个chànggē 唱歌yī 一gè 个tánqín 弹琴zhēn 真shì 是hǎo 好qínyì 琴艺hǎo 好gēhóu 歌喉
Lee! I saw you and your daughter at last week's party. One was playing the piano and one was singing. What a skilled pianist and what a great voice!
好说好说还不是我女儿说独奏气氛不够硬是把我拉上去唱我呢就是负责炒热气氛的
hǎoshuō 好说hǎoshuō 好说háibùshì 还不是wǒ 我nǚér 女儿shuō 说dúzòu 独奏qìfen 气氛bùgòu 不够yìngshì 硬是bǎ 把wǒ 我lā 拉shàngqù 上去chàng 唱wǒ 我ne 呢jiùshì 就是fùzé 负责chǎo 炒rè 热qìfen 气氛de 的
You flatter me. It was my daughter who said that if she played alone, it would be a dull atmosphere. She forced me on stage to sing. So it was my job to get a good atmosphere going.
我记得你说令千金大学刚毕业是吗好像学的是经济怎么琴也弹得这么好呀
wǒ 我jìde 记得nǐ 你shuō 说lìngqiānjīn 令千金dàxué 大学gāng 刚bìyè 毕业shìma 是吗hǎoxiàng 好像xué 学de 的shì 是jīngjì 经济zěnme 怎么qín 琴yě 也tán 弹de 得zhème 这么hǎo 好ya 呀
I remember you saying that your daughter just graduated from Univeristy, right? I think it was Economics, no? How comes she also plays piano so well?
她呀就这一个爱好从小弹算算也有十来年了反正她学校功课也没让我们担心过就让她弹呗
tā 她ya 呀jiù 就zhè 这yī 一gè 个àihào 爱好cóngxiǎo 从小tán 弹suàn suan 算算yě 也yǒu 有shí 十lái 来nián 年le 了fǎnzhèng 反正tā 她xuéxiào 学校gōngkè 功课yě 也méi 没ràng 让wǒmen 我们dānxīn 担心guò 过jiù 就ràng 让tā 她tán 弹bēi 呗
Oh her. That's the only hobby she's got. Now thinking of it, she's been playing for ten years since she was a girl. We've never had to worry about her grades so we've just let her play as much as she wants.
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