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Making Apologies

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ID: 4088 Elementary
This is a very helpful lesson that teaches us various phrases for making apologies as well as various types of dumplings.
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
服务员 fúwùyuán waiter; waitress; attendant
春卷 chūnjuǎn egg roll
卖完 màiwán to be sold out
问题 wèntí question; problem; issue
服务员我要一份春卷
fúwùyuán 服务员wǒ 我yào 要yī 一fèn 份chūnjuǎn 春卷
Waiter, I would like a spring roll.
对不起我们卖完了
duìbuqǐ 对不起wǒmen 我们màiwán 卖完le 了
I'm sorry, we've sold out of those.
没问题那给我一盘猪肉蒸饺吧
méi 没wèntí 问题nà 那gěi 给wǒ 我yī 一pán 盘zhūròu 猪肉zhēngjiǎo 蒸饺ba 吧
No problem. In that case, give me pork steamed dumplings.
好的马上来
hǎo 好de 的mǎshàng 马上lái 来
Okay. Right away!
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