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今天晚上你不能走
You Cannot Leave Tonight
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Beginner Chinese audio drama: Qingyi stops asking who Mulan is and keeps her from reaching a man who once saw Susu. HSK 1 Chinese listening practice.
This is an HSK 1 Chinese listening episode that runs about 2 minutes. The full Mandarin script is shown with tap-for-pinyin and a line-by-line English translation, so you can listen and read at once — comprehensible input in the sense of Stephen Krashen's i+1 theory. It teaches 8 key vocabulary words such as 住、走、看 and walks through 2 grammar patterns, each explained in English with examples. The same news story is retold at 4 difficulty levels — use the level selector above to find the version that is challenging but still understandable for you.
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旁白
牧兰的东西来了。她住在这里了。哥哥
清峄，她住下了。清峄
我知道。哥哥
不要问她是谁。清峄
不问。哥哥
那你要做什么？清峄
我看看她做什么。哥哥
她能做什么？清峄
有人要来。他认识素素。哥哥
他明天来。清峄
她怕这个人。哥哥
她不怕呢？清峄
那我看错了。哥哥
你不要去找她。清峄
我不找。我等。旁白
清峄开车，送她回家。清峄
你住下了。牧兰
对。清峄
我三年不能回家。因为素素。牧兰
我是牧兰。清峄
明天那人要来。他认识素素。牧兰
我找他做什么？清峄
他一说，对你不好。牧兰
那我回家。清峄
回家就好。今天晚上不要再出去。牧兰
好。旁白
牧兰来了。有一个人坐在那里。牧兰
走。不要说。旁白
她的手在衣服上。那是衣服。里面没有人。牧兰
人呢？清峄
不在这里。牧兰
你让他走了？清峄
你让他不要说。牧兰
人在哪里？清峄
在我这里。牧兰
我要找他。清峄
今天晚上不能找。回家。旁白
牧兰回到家里，又要出去。清峄在门前。清峄
你还要找他？牧兰
我去外面看。清峄
外面没有他。你手里是什么？牧兰
刀。吃东西用的。清峄
吃东西不用放在后面。今天晚上你不要走。牧兰
我不走了？清峄
不走。明天那个人来看你。旁白
刀在桌子上。门关了。今天晚上她不能走。English transcript reference
Mulan's things have arrived. She lives here now.
Qingyi, she has moved in.
I know.
Do not ask who she is.
I will not ask.
Then what are you going to do?
I will watch what she does.
What can she do?
Someone is coming. He knows Susu.
He comes tomorrow.
She is afraid of this person.
And if she is not afraid?
Then I guessed wrong.
Do not go look for her.
I will not look. I will wait.
Qingyi drives. He is taking her home.
You have moved in.
Yes.
I could not go home for three years. Because of Susu.
I am Mulan.
That man comes tomorrow. He knows Susu.
Why would I look for him?
If he talks, it is bad for you.
Then I am going home.
Home is good. Do not go out again tonight.
All right.
Mulan is here. A person is sitting there.
Come. Do not speak.
Her hand is on the clothes. Those are clothes. There is no one inside.
Where is the person?
Not here.
You let him leave?
You told him not to speak.
Where is the person?
With me.
I want to find him.
Not tonight. Go home.
Mulan is home, and she wants to go out again. Qingyi is at the door.
You still want to find him?
I am going outside to look.
He is not outside. What is in your hand?
A knife. For eating.
You do not put an eating knife in the back. Do not leave tonight.
I am not leaving?
You are not. Tomorrow that person will come to look at you.
The knife is on the table. The door is closed. Tonight she cannot leave.
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What vocabulary does this episode teach?
词汇to stay in a place as a home
to go away from a place
to use your eyes to notice someone
to have met a person before
to try to find a person
to stay until something happens
the entrance you open or close
a sharp tool used to cut
* beyond level超纲词
What grammar patterns appear in this episode?
语法不能 + verb
Says someone is not allowed or not able to do something.
今天晚上，你不能走。
你不能找。
在 + place
Tells where a person or thing is.
人在我这里。
刀在我的手。
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