腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）greetings from eChineselearning

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The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is the LaBa Festival in China.We chinese call it腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）, an important festival in the twelfth lunar month. And on this day, according to tradition passed down by old people, Chinese cook porridge with nuts and dried fruits called 腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）粥(Zhou 1) by Chinese. If you are interested in it, you can try cooking腊（La 4）八（Ba 1）粥(Zhou 1) by yourself:
Step1: preparing the materials as follows:红枣（Hong 2 Zao 3）莲子（Lian 3 Zi 3）核桃（He 2 Tao 2）栗子(Li 4 Zi 1) 杏仁（Xing 4 Ren 2）松仁（Song 1 Ren 2）桂圆(Gui 4 Yuan 2) 榛子（Zhen 1 Zi 3）葡萄（Pu 2 Tao 2）白果(Bai 2 Guo 3) 菱角（Ling 2 Jiao 3）青丝（Qing 1 Si 1）玫瑰（Mei 2 gui 1）红豆(Hong 2 Dou 4) 花生（Hua 1 Sheng 1）and some other nuts and dried fruits that you like.
Step2:boiling these nuts and dried fruit together with rice on light fire.
(After it’s done, adding white sugar If you like sweet taste)
The cooking method is simple, right? Have you got it?
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Beginner lesson
Title: Learn Chinese Online – Nice to meet you !
Brief: Learn how to greet people in Chinese.

课文：
Nǐ Hǎo
你 好
Nǐ Hǎo
你 好
Jiàn Dào Nǐ Hěn ɡāo Xīnɡ
见 到 你 很 高 兴
Nǐ Dào Nǐ Yě Hěn ɡāo Xīnɡ ， Nǐ De Mínɡ Zì Shì Shí
你 到 你 也 很 高 兴 ， 你 的 名 字 是 什

Me ？
么 ？
Wǒ De Mínɡ Zì Shì Lǐ Hǎi Yīnɡ ， Nǐ Ne ？
我 的 名 字 是 李 海 英 ， 你 呢 ？
Wǒ De Mínɡ Zì Shì Sūn Yù 。
我 的 名 字 是 孙 彧 。

Text:
Hello
Hello
Nice to meet you !
Nice to meet you too ! what is your name ?
My name is Li Haiying , and you ?
My name is Sun Yu.





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Beginner lesson
Title: Learn Chinese Online - Shopping
Brief: Learn how to shop in a Chinese shop.

课文：
ɡù Kè ： Duō Shǎo Qián ？
顾 客 ： 多 少 钱 ？
Fú Wù Yuán ： 3 Kuài 。 Nǐ Yào Bù Yào ？
服 务 员 ： 3 块 。 你 要 不 要 ？
ɡù Kè ： Bù Yào
顾 客 ： 不 要

Text ：
Customer: how much is it ?
Seller: 3 yuan . will you take it ?
Customer: no .
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