Intermediate - No Fear of Street Food (C2185)

A: 肚子好饿啊。
dùzi hǎo è a.
My stomach is so hungry.
B: 那我们去吃饭吧。你想吃什么?
nà wǒmen qù chīfàn ba. nǐ xiǎng chī shénme?
Then let's go get a bite to eat. What do you want to eat?
A: 哎,那条路上有很多小吃,我们去看看吧。
ái, nà tiáo lù shàng yǒu hěn duō xiǎochī, wǒmen qù kàn kan ba.
Hey, there's a lot of street food on this street. Let's go take a look.
B: 别吃路边摊了,走,我请你吃西餐。
bié chī lùbiāntān le, zǒu, wǒ qǐng nǐ chī xīcān.
Don't eat street food. Let's go. I'll treat you to eat some Western food.
A: 我不喜欢吃西餐。又贵又麻烦。
wǒ bù xǐhuan chī xīcān. yòu guì yòu máfan.
I don't like Western food. It's expensive and troublesome.
B: 那吃川菜?
nà chī Chuāncài?
Then how about Sichuan food?
A: 太辣了,我吃了会长痘痘。
tài là le, wǒ chī le huì zhǎng dòudou.
It's too spicy. If I eat it, I'll get pimples.
B: 那吃火锅?
nà chī huǒguō?
Then how about hot pot?
A: 哎呀,我就想吃小吃。先买两串儿羊肉串儿,再来一碗粉丝汤,很爽的。
āiyā, wǒ jiù xiǎng chī xiǎochī. xiān mǎi liǎng chuànr yángròuchuànr, zài lái yī wǎn fěnsī tāng, hěn shuǎng de.
Jeez, I just want to eat street food. I'll buy two grilled lamb skewers first, then a bowl of rice noodle soup. It's really refreshing.
B: 路上都是灰尘,他们的碗筷也不干净,油也不好……
lù shàng dōu shì huīchén, tāmen de wǎnkuài yě bù gānjìng, yóu yě bù hǎo……
There's dust all over the road. Their bowls and chopsticks are also unclean. The oil isn't good.
A: 没事儿!你不知道吗?“不干不净,吃了没病”!
méishìr! nǐ bù zhīdào ma?" bù gān bù jìng, chī le méi bìng”!
It doesn't matter! Don't you know? “If what you eat is a little unclean, then you won't get sick!"

Key Vocabulary

小吃 xiǎochī snack
路边摊 lùbiāntān street food stalls
西餐 xīcān Western food
川菜 Chuāncài Sichuan food
zhǎng to grow
痘痘 dòudou pimples
火锅 huǒguō hot pot
串儿 chuànr skewer, kebab
羊肉串儿 yángròuchuànr lamb kebab
粉丝汤 fěnsītāng rice noodle soup
shuǎng refreshing, great
灰尘 huīchén dust
碗筷 wǎnkuài bowls and chopsticks
yóu oil
干净 gānjìng clean
不干不净,吃了没病 bùgānbùjìng,chīleméibìng If it's not totally clean, then if I eat it I won't get sick.

Supplementary Vocabulary

零食 língshí snack
地沟油 dìgōuyóu gutter oil, reused oil
小份 xiǎofèn small order
卫生 wèishēng hygiene

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