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Open the Trunk!

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ID: 1926 Elementary
Whether you're a tourist with a plethora of heavy bags or a mafia gangster with some relatively sensitive cargo, it's important to be able to ask the driver to open the trunk of a car. Today's lesson will teach you how to say this highly useful phrase in Mandarin Chinese.
Dilu,John
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
东西 dōngxi thing
这么 zhème so
真 zhēn really
麻烦 máfan troublesome
东西这么多真麻烦
dōngxi 东西zhème 这么duō 多zhēn 真máfan 麻烦
There's so much stuff. It's such a hassle!
我们打车吧
wǒmen 我们dǎchē 打车ba 吧
Let's take a cab.
师傅开一下后备箱
shīfu 师傅kāi 开yīxià 一下hòubèixiāng 后备箱
Driver, open the trunk.
好开了
hǎo 好kāi 开le 了
OK. It's open.
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