Low intermediate | when you think winter-melons are like watermelons | comprehensible input | TPRS
A student loves sweet winter-melon tea, so he buys a huge winter melon. He cuts it open, finds it isn't sweet and learns it shouldn't be eaten raw. The teacher then explains how Chinese people eat it: as soup, as candy and as tea.
A26:15Lazy ChineseMade for learnersChinese captions by the creator
Key words
| Chinese | English |
|---|---|
| 冬瓜 (dōngguā) | winter melon |
| 西瓜 (xīguā) | watermelon |
| 黄瓜 (huángguā) | cucumber |
| 甜 (tián) | sweet |
| 切 (qiē) | to cut |
| 生 (shēng) | raw |
| 扔掉 (rēngdiào) | to throw away |
| 汤 (tāng) | soup |
| 糖 (táng) | candy, sugar |
| 便宜 (piányi) | cheap |
Did you understand?
Why did the student buy a winter melon?
What did he find out?
Why doesn't the teacher like winter-melon candy?
Why it's A2
- 107 characters a minute (slow, made for learners)
- 86% of the characters are in common words (the course's words up to B1, about HSK 1–4)
- Made for learners of Chinese
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