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HSK 1 Chinese Conversation

A Bad Day at the Pharmacy

药店里的坏日子

Yàodiàn lǐ de huài rìzi

0:52 min video · 3 sentences · 7 key words

Conversation script with pinyin and English

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About this lesson

Xiaolan has a bad day and goes to the pharmacy with her blunt grandmother. Grandma says the medicine is not the answer, and the loop leads back to the first question.

How to practise

  1. Listen to the conversation with pinyin and English.
  2. When you see 你会怎么说?, answer out loud in your own words before the reply plays.
  3. Then repeat the real reply in the 跟读 · Your turn pause.

Key words 生词

ChinesePinyinEnglishLevel
今天jīntiāntodayHSK 1
不高兴bùgāoxìngunhappy
想xiǎngwant toHSK 1
买mǎibuyHSK 1
药yàomedicineHSK 2
热茶rècháhot tea
明白míngbaiunderstandHSK 1

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