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snow skin mooncake

冰皮月饼

(bīnɡpí yuèbǐnɡ) 

A: Our company gave us mooncakes yesterday.

我们单位昨天发月饼了。

(wǒmén dānwèi zuótiān fā yuèbǐnɡ le.) 

B: This early? The Mid-Autumn Festival isn't here yet, right?

这么早？中秋节不是还没到么？

(zhèmezǎo? zhōnɡqiūjié búshì hái méidào me?)

A: Yeah. We always give them out early.

对。我们一直都发得比较早。

(duì. wǒmén yīzhí dōu fādé bǐjiàozǎo.)

B: What kind of mooncakes? Not five nut ones?

什么样的月饼呀？不会是五仁的吧？

(shíme yànɡ de yuèbǐnɡ ya? búhuì shì wǔrén de ba?)

A: Nope. Snow skin mooncakes, my favorite.

不。是我最喜欢的冰皮月饼。

(bù. shìwǒ zuì xǐhuān de bīnɡpí yuèbǐnɡ.)

B: I've never actually eaten a snow skin mooncake.

我其实一直没吃过冰皮月饼。

(wǒ qíshí yīzhí méi chīɡuò bīnɡpí yuèbǐnɡ.)

A: Hong Kong eats them more, but they have caught on in the mainland in recent years.

香港吃的比较多,近几年大陆才火起来的吧。

(xiānɡɡǎnɡ chī de bǐjiào duō, jìn jǐnián dàlù cái huǒqǐlái de ba.)

Illustration: Xia Qing/GT