EP35 请客 My Treat

Lu Chang China Plus Published: 2017-12-06 16:17:58
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EP35 请客 My Treat

EP35 请客 My Treat

  • Chinese 101: How to say "This is my treat" in Chinese

  • Grammar: 请/请客;尽管;这么/那么;吧

  • Language Tips: The dining etiquette rules in China

  • Story of The Day: To lap up information without digesting it 囫囵吞枣 hú lún tūn zǎo

Dialogue:

A:今天我请客,想吃什么尽管点。

jīn tiān wǒ qǐng kè ,xiǎng chī shí me jǐn guǎn diǎn.

Feel free to order anything you want. I'm buying.

B:这么大方!那么,下次我请你吧。

zhè me dà fāng !nà me ,xià cì wǒ qǐng nǐ ba 。

You’re so generous! Well, let me buy the next round.

Words & Expressions:

【请客】qǐng kè: stand treat; entertain guests; invite sb. to dinner; 

【吃】chī: eat

【尽管】jǐn guǎn:feel free; though; despite; notwithstanding

【点】diǎn:point; dot; order (in this case)

【这么】zhè me: so;that;such; this way; like this

【那么】nà me: then; in that case; so/and/well

【下次】xià cì :next time

【吧】ba:to concede a point

EP35 请客 My Treat

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