也不知道这长安的莲子和黔州比
“I don't know whether the lotus seeds in Chang'an”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
哥给你现摘的
“I picked these fresh for you.”
也不知道 这长安的莲子 和 黔州 比
“I don't know whether the lotus seeds in Chang'an”
哪一个更好吃
“taste better than those from Qianzhou.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese migrants and travelers traditionally compare local foods to the produce of their hometowns as a subtle way of processing displacement or longing.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
I wonder; hard to tell
A common conversational opener used to wonder aloud or soften an inquiry.
compared with...
Standard structure for setting up a direct comparison between two items or places.