铃美：终于下课了。
我打算买份寿司带回家。
你们晚上吃什么？
苏南：我打算买点菜，自己做。
大龙：苏南，你经常自己做饭吗？
苏南：对啊，我一般中午点外卖，晚上自己做。
铃美：那你打算做什么菜？
苏南：今天晚上做冬阴功汤吧，很久没吃了。
大龙：听起来不错，我也想吃。
铃美：平时我在公司食堂吃饭，周末我就点外卖或者下馆子。
大龙：我们公司也有餐厅，但是有时候菜不好吃。
我工作日经常点外卖，周末我就自己做饭。
铃美：大龙，那你今晚吃什么？
大龙：今天我也自己做饭，上次小咪教我做番茄炒蛋和麻婆豆腐，我想试一试。
苏南：我喜欢吃酸的和辣的，也教教我吧！
大龙：我先教你番茄炒蛋吧。
你买三个番茄和五个鸡蛋。
首先，要打鸡蛋，鸡蛋液里放点盐，搅一搅，番茄也切成小块；
然后，你先炒鸡蛋，盛出来，再炒番茄；
最后把鸡蛋和番茄一块儿炒一炒，再放点糖。
要是你喜欢的话，还可以放一点葱花，让你的番茄炒蛋看起来更漂亮。
铃美：听起来很容易，周末我也试试！
苏南：要是我学会了这个，你就再教我麻婆豆腐吧！
大龙：没问题！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 铃美 | Líng měi | Suzumi (a name) |
| 终于 | zhōng yú | at last / in the end / finally / eventually |
| 下课 | xià kè | to finish class / to get out of class / (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed / to be fired |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan / to intend / to calculate |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy / to purchase |
| 份 | fèn | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc |
| 寿司 | shòu sī | sushi |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 你们 | nǐ men | you (plural) |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 苏南 | Sūn án | southern Jiangsu; the southern part of Jiangsu Province, China |
| 点 | diǎn | classifier for small amounts |
| 菜 | cài | vegetable; greens |
| 自己 | zì jǐ | oneself; (attributive) one's own |
| 做 | zuò | to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc) |
| 大龙 | Dà lóng | a name |
| 你 | nǐ | you |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 做饭 | zuò fàn | to prepare a meal / to cook |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 对 | duì | right; correct |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon / midday |
| 外卖 | wài mài | takeout (business) / takeout (meal) |
| 那 | nà | then (in that case) |
| 今天 | jīn tiān | today |
| 冬阴功 | dōng yīn gōng | Tom Yum Kung; a Thai hot and sour soup, often made with shrimp and herbs. |
| 汤 | tāng | soup / hot or boiling water / decoction of medicinal herbs / water in which sth has been boiled |
| 吧 | ba | (modal particle indicating suggestion or surmise) / ...right? / ...OK? / ...I presume. |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 久 | jiǔ | (of a period of time) long |
| 没 | méi | (negative prefix for verbs) have not; not |
| 听 | tīng | to listen to; to hear |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 不错 | bù cuò | not bad / pretty good |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 平时 | píng shí | ordinarily |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria |
| 饭 | fàn | meal |
| 周末 | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 或者 | huò zhě | or |
| 下 | xià | to decline / to go down |
| 馆子 | guǎn zi | restaurant / theater (old) |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 餐厅 | cān tīng | dining hall / dining room |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 有时候 | yǒu shí hou | sometimes |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 日 | rì | sun / day / date, day of the month |
| 今 | jīn | current / contemporary / this |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening / night |
| 上 | shàng | (bound form) up; upper; above; previous |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 小咪 | xiǎo mī | a nickname for Xiaomi |
| 教 | jiāo | to teach; to instruct |
| 番茄 | fān qié | tomato |
| 炒 | chǎo | to sauté; to stir-fry / to speculate (in real estate etc); to scalp / to hype up / to sack; to fire (sb) |
| 蛋 | dàn | egg / oval-shaped thing |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 麻婆 | má pó | short for Mapo tofu; a Sichuan-style spicy tofu dish |
| 豆腐 | dòu fu | tofu / bean curd |
| 试一试 | shì yī shì | to have a try |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 酸 | suān | sour / tart / sick at heart / grieved / sore / aching / pedantic / impractical |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 辣 | là | hot (spicy) / pungent |
| 教教 | jiāo jiāo | to teach me a bit; show me how |
| 先 | xiān | beforehand; first; earlier / at first; originally / for the time being; for now |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 鸡蛋 | jī dàn | (chicken) egg / hen's egg |
| 首先 | shǒu xiān | first of all; in the first place |
| 要 | yào | will; shall; about to / need to; should / if |
| 打 | dǎ | a semantically light, transitive verb that is combined with various grammatical objects to form compound verbs and verb-object phrases with a diverse range of meanings |
| 液 | yè | (bound form) a liquid |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 盐 | yán | salt |
| 搅一搅 | jiǎo yī jiǎo | stir it a bit; give it a quick stir |
| 切 | qiē | to cut; to slice; to carve |
| 成 | chéng | to succeed / to finish / to complete / to accomplish / to become / to turn into / to be all right |
| 小 | xiǎo | small / tiny / few |
| 块 | kuài | lump; chunk; piece |
| 然后 | rán hòu | then; after that; afterwards |
| 盛 | chéng | to hold / to contain / to ladle / to pick up with a utensil |
| 出来 | chu lai | (after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect) |
| 再 | zài | again; once more; re- |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | finally; in the end |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 一块儿 | yī kuài r | erhua |
| 炒一炒 | chǎo yī chǎo | stir-fry briefly; cook by frying a little |
| 糖 | táng | sugar |
| 要是 | yào shi | (coll.) if |
| 的话 | de huà | if (coming after a conditional clause) |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 一点 | yī diǎn | a bit; a little bit / (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit / (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er |
| 葱花 | cōng huā | chopped green onions |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 漂亮 | piào liang | pretty; beautiful |
| 容易 | róng yì | easy; straightforward |
| 试试 | shishì | to try; to give it a try |
| 学 | xué | to learn / to study / to imitate |
| 会 | huì | can; to have the skill; to know how to |
| 这个 | zhè ge | (pronoun) this / (adjective) this |
| 问题 | wèn tí | question / problem / issue / topic |