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IN THIS LESSON
ID: 4197 Elementary
In this lesson, we're traveling around the world to learn the names of different cuisines, and you'll also learn how to say all kinds of flavors in Chinese!
Joy,Joe
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
菜 cài dish (type of food)
吧 ba (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise)
太 tài very, too (much)
油 yóu greasy; oily
我们吃中国菜吧
wǒmen 我们chī 吃Zhōngguó 中国cài 菜ba 吧
Let's have Chinese food!
太油了
tài 太yóu 油le 了
That's too greasy.
日本菜呢
Rìběn 日本cài 菜ne 呢
How about Japanese food?
太淡了
tài 太dàn 淡le 了
That's too bland.
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