Relevant Content
We'll always make sure you know exactly what the lesson is about. You will easily understand whether it is relevant for you.

Crazy Expensive Tea!

Great Hosts
Here at ChinesePod, all our lessons are presented in an entertaining manner by our great hosts. You'll find language learners, teachers, and even professors sharing their insights, ideas, and teaching methods in our video and audio lessons.
Brief Lesson Summaries
A brief introduction of the lesson will always tell you what this lesson is about and what language level is the intended target. If you're interested in the subject, but might not be able to understand it in full, fear not; we have transcripts of lesson dialogues vocabulary so you can follow along.
IN THIS LESSON
ID: 2911 Upper Intermediate
We at ChinesePod love drinking tea, and often make trips to the tea shop to buy the leaves. Tea culture has thousands of years of tradition, and tea leaves can sell in the thousands of dollars. Listen to a dialogue as two friends discuss tea culture and some crazy expensive tea. Photo by rosipaw
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
Awesome Materials
Our lessons contain natural communication in Chinese in video and audio format. We have have lessons focused on video or a podcast format and our lessons have transcripts of Lesson Dialogues, Important Vocabulary, Expanded Materials for a deep dive into the lesson topic and Exercises focused on testing your retention.
Detailed Vocabulary
Each lesson has it's unique vocabulary and will provide you with definitions and recordings so you can practice the pronunciation. You will also be able to grasp the core material of a lesson at a glance. Here we're showing you the Simplified Chinese version.
SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
托 tuō entrust; to ask someone to do something
品尝 pǐncháng to taste; to try
小意思 xiǎoyìsi a mere trifle
流通 liútōng to circulate
最近新茶上市我托朋友买了些上好的西湖龙井要不要品尝一下
zuìjìn 最近xīn 新chá 茶shàngshì 上市wǒ 我tuō 托péngyou 朋友mǎi 买le 了xiē 些shànghǎo de 上好的xīhú 西湖Lóngjǐng 龙井yào 要bù yào 不要pǐncháng 品尝yīxià 一下
A new tea has just come on the market and I asked a friend to buy some top-grade West Lake Dragon Well tea, do you want to taste it?
哇那怎么好意思清明前的新茶可得上千块人民币一公斤呢
wā 哇nà 那zěnme 怎么hǎoyìsi 好意思qīngmíng 清明qián 前de 的xīn 新chá 茶kě 可dé 得shàng qiān kuài 上千块rénmínbì 人民币yī 一jīn 公斤ne 呢
Wow, how could I accept? A new tea before Tomb Sweeping Festival can cost thousands of renminbi for a kilogram!
小意思小意思我也就这点爱好好在老婆也理解况且这钱也得流通一下才有价值嘛
xiǎoyìsi 小意思xiǎoyìsi 小意思wǒ 我yě 也jiù 就zhèdiǎnr 这点àihào 爱好hǎozài 好在lǎopó 老婆yě 也lǐjiě 理解kuàngqiě 况且zhè 这qián 钱yě 也děi 得liútōng 流通yīxià 一下cái 才yǒu 有jiàzhí 价值ma 嘛
It's a mere trifle, it's one of my only interests. Luckily my wife understands, especially as it has to circulate a bit before it accumulates value.
哈哈说的也是啊那就托您的福恭敬不如从命咯
hāhā 哈哈shuō 说de 的yě shì 也是ā 啊nā jiù 那就tuō 托nín de 您的fú 福gōngjìng 恭敬bùrú 不如cóngmìng 从命lo 咯
Ha ha, you're not wrong there. Then I'll take advantage of your good luck, deference is no substitute for obedience.
Natural Dialogues
Each lesson is centered around a natural dialogue with key vocabulary directly prepared and translated for your use. You can also listen to each sentence as an individual recording to improve your listening and comprehension skills.
Try It For Free
ChinesePod is 100% Free to Try. Create an account today and get started!