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

kāito be boiling
fàngto put
羊肉yángròumutton
鸳鸯锅yuānyangguōdual-broth hot pot
总是zǒngshìalways
一边yībiānside
zhǔto boil
lǎowell-done
kuàipiece
土豆tǔdòupotato
shúto cook
粉条fěntiáomung bean vermicelli
一直yīzhícontinuously
上火shànghuǒto suffer from excessive internal heat [traditional Chinese medicine]
shuǎngrefreshing
王老吉Wánglǎojía brand of Chinese cold tea
饮料yǐnliàobeverage
to take
已经yǐjīngalready
kǒusip

Supplementary Vocabulary

火锅huǒguōhot pot
降火jiànghuǒto decrease internal heat
热性rèxìngfoods of a hot nature [traditional Chinese medicine]
凉性liángxìngfoods of a cool nature [traditional Chinese medicine]
nèntender
调料tiáoliàoseasoning

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