EP138 中秋节 Mid-autumn festival

 Chinese 101: Talk about the plan for mid-autumn festival

 

Grammar: Opportune timing with "chen 趁"

 

Language Tips：Things you need to know about 中秋节

 

Song: 《但愿人长久》邓丽君 Wishing We Last Forever by Teresa Teng

 

Dialogue:

 

A：今年的中秋节你打算怎么过？

 

Jīn nián de zhōng qiū jiē nǐ dǎ suàn zěn me guò？

 

What’s your plan for this year’s mid-autumn festival?

 

B：当然是回家和父母吃团圆饭了，你呢？

 

Dāng rán shì huí jiā hé fù mǔ chī tuán yuán fàn le ，nǐ ne？

 

Of course I will go back home and have dinner with my parents, how about you?

 

A：我想趁着放假去旅行。

 

Wǒ xiǎng chèn zhe fàng jià qù lǚ xíng 。

 

I want to travel during the vacation.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【今年】jīn nián：this year

 

【中秋节】zhōng qiū jiē: mid-autumn festival

 

【打算】dǎ suàn: plan

 

【回家】huí jiā: go home

 

【父母】fù mǔ: parents 

 

【团圆】tuán yuán: reunio, get together

 

【趁着】chèn zhe: while, under the cover of

 

【放假】fàng jià: holiday

 

【旅行】lǚ xíng: travel