在美国纽约的第八大道上，一家刚开不久的小饭馆生意异常火爆，饭馆外面写着四个汉字——”沙县小吃”。
但这家小吃店的开业第一天，在正式对外营业仅仅3个小时后，竟然就关门了！
原来是因为他们只用了3个小时就卖完了所有的食物。
平常，餐厅从早上8点营业到晚上11点。
午饭时间人最多，顾客多得要排队拿号。
也有许多人会打电话预订，然后再到店里来拿。
最受欢迎的”柳叶眉”蒸饺，保守估计一天能卖出1500个。
”沙县小吃”起源于中国东部的福建省沙县，它的制作工艺已经有1000多年的历史了，在沙县民间有着浓厚的文化底蕴，被称为古代汉族传统饮食的”活化石”，是宝贵的”非物质文化遗产”。
”沙县小吃”随着当地人离开家乡去外地工作而传播到其他地方，已经在中国获得了成功。
如今，”沙县小吃”来到了纽约，受到了当地人的喜爱。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 美国 | Měi guó | United States; USA; US |
| 纽约 | Niǔ yuē | New York |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 第八大道 | dì bā dà dào | Eighth Avenue; a street name, referring to Eighth Avenue in New York City. |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 家 | jiā | classifier for families or businesses |
| 刚 | gāng | just / barely / exactly |
| 开 | kāi | to open (transitive or intransitive) |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 久 | jiǔ | (of a period of time) long |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 饭馆 | fàn guǎn | restaurant |
| 生意 | shēng yi | business |
| 异常 | yì cháng | extremely; exceptionally |
| 火爆 | huǒ bào | fiery (temper) / popular / flourishing / prosperous / lively |
| 外面 | wài miàn | outside |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 着 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 汉字 | hàn zì | Chinese character(s) |
| 沙县小吃 | Shā xiàn Xiǎo chī | Shaxian Snacks; a Chinese snack-food and fast-casual restaurant style originating from Shaxian, Fujian. |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 小吃 | xiǎo chī | street food; snack |
| 店 | diàn | (bound form) shop; store |
| 开业 | kāi yè | open (for business) |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 正式 | zhèng shì | formal; official |
| 对 | duì | towards; at; for / concerning; regarding |
| 外 | wài | outside / external |
| 营业 | yíng yè | to do business / to trade |
| 仅仅 | jǐn jǐn | barely / only / merely / only (this and nothing more) |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 竟然 | jìng rán | unexpectedly / in spite of everything / in that crazy way / actually |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 关 | guān | to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve |
| 门 | mén | gate / door / gateway / doorway / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 原来 | yuán lái | so, actually, as it turns out |
| 是 | shì | indeed (used for emphasis) |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 他们 | tā men | they; them |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 卖 | mài | to sell |
| 完 | wán | to finish / to be over |
| 所有 | suǒ yǒu | all |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |
| 平常 | píng cháng | ordinary / common |
| 餐厅 | cān tīng | restaurant |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 早上 | zǎo shang | early morning |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening / night |
| 午饭 | wǔ fàn | lunch |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 顾客 | gù kè | customer; client |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 排队 | pái duì | to line up |
| 拿 | ná | to hold / to seize / to catch / to apprehend / to take |
| 号 | hào | (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call / (bound form) mark; sign / (bound form) name; appellation / (after a numeral) number designation / day of the month / (bound form) size; type; category |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 许多 | xǔ duō | many / a lot of / much |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 打电话 | dǎ diàn huà | to make a telephone call |
| 预订 | yù dìng | to place an order / to book ahead |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 再 | zài | then (after sth, and not until then) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 受 | shòu | subjected to / (passive marker) |
| 欢迎 | huān yíng | welcome |
| 柳叶眉 | liǔ yè méi | Willow-leaf eyebrows; a slender, slightly arched eyebrow shape. |
| 蒸饺 | zhēng jiǎo | steamed dumpling |
| 保守 | bǎo shǒu | conservative |
| 估计 | gū jì | to estimate; to assess; to calculate / (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...) |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 出 | chū | (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result) |
| 起源 | qǐ yuán | to originate / to come from |
| 于 | yú | (of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 东 | dōng | east / host / landlord |
| 部 | bù | ministry / department / section / part / division / troops / board |
| 福建 | Fú jiàn | Fujian, a province in southeastern China. |
| 省 | shěng | province / provincial capital / a ministry (of the Japanese government) |
| 沙 | Shā | surname Sha |
| 县 | xiàn | county |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 制作 | zhì zuò | to make; to manufacture |
| 工艺 | gōng yì | arts and crafts / industrial arts |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 历史 | lì shǐ | history |
| 民间 | mín jiān | among the people / popular / folk / non-governmental / involving people rather than governments |
| 浓厚 | nóng hòu | dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / deep / fully saturated (color) |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 底蕴 | dǐ yùn | inside information / concrete details |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 称 | chēng | to name |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 汉族 | Hàn zú | Han ethnic group, the majority ethnic group in China |
| 传统 | chuán tǒng | traditional / conventional |
| 饮食 | yǐn shí | eating and drinking / food and drink; diet |
| 活 | huó | alive / living |
| 化石 | huà shí | fossil |
| 宝贵 | bǎo guì | valuable / precious |
| 非 | fēi | non-; un-; in-; de- |
| 物质 | wù zhì | matter / substance / material |
| 遗产 | yí chǎn | heritage / legacy / inheritance / bequest |
| 随着 | suí zhe | along with / in the wake of / following |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 离开 | lí kāi | to depart; to leave |
| 家乡 | jiā xiāng | hometown / native place |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 外地 | wài dì | parts of the country other than where one is |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 而 | ér | and so / (indicates causal relation) |
| 传播 | chuán bō | to disseminate; to propagate; to spread |
| 其他 | qí tā | other / (sth or sb) else / the rest |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 获得 | huò dé | to obtain; to receive; to get |
| 成功 | chéng gōng | success |
| 如今 | rú jīn | nowadays; now |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 喜爱 | xǐ ài | to like / to love / to be fond of |