Intermediate - Hot Pot Chitchat (C1303)

A: 这边开了!先放羊肉吧!
zhèbiān kāi le! xiān fàng yángròu ba!
This side is boiling! Put some mutton in first!
B: 好!鸳鸯锅总是辣的一边先开。
hǎo! yuānyangguō zǒngshì là de yībiān xiān kāi.
Okay! With the dual-broth hot pot, it's always the spicy side that boils first.
C: 快吃!羊肉煮老了就不好吃了。
kuài chī! yángròu zhǔ lǎo le jiù bù hǎochī le.
Hurry up and eat! If mutton cooks too long it doesn't taste good.
A: 嗯。放几块土豆进去。土豆熟得慢。再放点儿粉条。
ng4. fàng jǐ kuài tǔdòu jìnqù. tǔdòu shú de màn. zài fàng diǎnr fěntiáo.
Yeah. Put a few pieces of potato in. Potatoes cook slowly. Put some more bean-noodles in.
B: 你也吃点儿吧,别一直往里放。
nǐ yě chī diǎnr ba, bié yīzhí wǎng lǐ fàng.
You should eat some too. You don't have to keep putting things in.
A: 我上火了,不能吃辣的。
wǒ shànghuǒ le, bùnéng chī là de.
I've got internal heat right now. I can't eat spicy foods.
C: 那边也开了。
nàbiān yě kāi le.
That side is boiling now too.
A: 太好了!我吃不辣的!
tài hǎo le! wǒ chī bù là de!
Great! I'll have some non-spicy stuff!
B: 冬天吃辣的最爽了。
dōngtiān chī là de zuì shuǎng le.
In the winter, eating spicy foods feels the best.
C: 就是!怕上火,喝王老吉!
jiùshì! pà shànghuǒ, hē Wánglǎojí!
Exactly! If you're worried about internal heat, drink Wang Laoji!
B: 这是我的饮料,你拿错了吧。
zhè shì wǒ de yǐnliào, nǐ ná cuò le ba.
This is my drink. You took the wrong one.
C: 你不早说!我已经喝了一口了!
nǐ bù zǎo shuō! wǒ yǐjīng hē le yī kǒu le!
Why didn't you say anything? I already drank some!

Key Vocabulary

开 kāi to be boiling
放 fàng to put
羊肉 yángròu mutton
鸳鸯锅 yuānyangguō dual-broth hot pot
总是 zǒngshì always
一边 yībiān side
煮 zhǔ to boil
老 lǎo well-done
块 kuài piece
土豆 tǔdòu potato
熟 shú to cook
粉条 fěntiáo mung bean vermicelli
一直 yīzhí continuously
上火 shànghuǒ to suffer from excessive internal heat [traditional Chinese medicine]
爽 shuǎng refreshing
王老吉 Wánglǎojí a brand of Chinese cold tea
饮料 yǐnliào beverage
拿 ná to take
已经 yǐjīng already
口 kǒu sip

Supplementary Vocabulary

火锅 huǒguō hot pot
降火 jiànghuǒ to decrease internal heat
热性 rèxìng foods of a hot nature [traditional Chinese medicine]
凉性 liángxìng foods of a cool nature [traditional Chinese medicine]
嫩 nèn tender
调料 tiáoliào seasoning

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