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妈妈学开车

Māma Xué Kāichē

Mum Learns to Drive

Lu Jing is forty-two, bakes bread in Nanchang and has never driven -- but her mother is ill and the hospital is two buses away. Twenty everyday situations, from the sign-up form and the eye test to reverse parking, a failed test, a petrol station, a second-hand car, a car park and a small bump, with a gruff instructor who is secretly kind.

HSK 220 chapters
  1. Chapter 1
    为什么学开车
    Wèishénme Xué Kāichē
    Why Learn to Drive
    about 405 characters
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  2. Chapter 2
    报名
    Bàomíng
    Signing Up
    about 419 characters
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  3. Chapter 3
    体检
    Tǐjiǎn
    The Medical
    about 427 characters
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  4. Chapter 4
    理论考试
    Lǐlùn Kǎoshì
    The Theory Test
    about 436 characters
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  5. Chapter 5
    熊教练
    Xióng Jiàoliàn
    Coach Xiong
    about 438 characters
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  6. Chapter 6
    倒车
    Dàochē
    Reversing
    about 411 characters
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  7. Chapter 7
    半坡起步
    Bànpō Qǐbù
    The Hill Start
    about 405 characters
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  8. Chapter 8
    下雨天
    Xiàyǔ Tiān
    A Rainy Day
    about 388 characters
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  9. Chapter 9
    没有过
    Méiyǒu Guò
    Failed
    about 425 characters
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  10. Chapter 10
    不想学了
    Bùxiǎng Xué le
    Giving Up
    about 443 characters
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  11. Chapter 11
    再考一次
    Zài Kǎo Yícì
    One More Try
    about 405 characters
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  12. Chapter 12
    上路
    Shànglù
    On the Road
    about 425 characters
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  13. Chapter 13
    加油站
    Jiāyóuzhàn
    The Petrol Station
    about 434 characters
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  14. Chapter 14
    晚上开车
    Wǎnshang Kāichē
    Driving at Night
    about 425 characters
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  15. Chapter 15
    驾照
    Jiàzhào
    The Licence
    about 442 characters
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  16. Chapter 16
    买车
    Mǎi Chē
    Buying a Car
    about 409 characters
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  17. Chapter 17
    停车场
    Tíngchēchǎng
    The Car Park
    about 446 characters
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  18. Chapter 18
    迷路
    Mílù
    Lost
    about 532 characters
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  19. Chapter 19
    小事故
    Xiǎo Shìgù
    A Small Accident
    about 478 characters
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  20. Chapter 20
    滕王阁
    Téng Wánggé
    The Tengwang Pavilion
    about 463 characters
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  21. More chapters of Māma Xué Kāichē are being written.