理发店里的沉默
The quiet barber
HSK 6 · 90 words · 99% within level · 1 new word
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In many countries the barber chats with the customer non-stop.
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But in China some barber's shops are surprisingly quiet.
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The customer comes in, states what they want, sits down, and both sides get on with it.
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This silence is not unfriendliness, but respect for the other person's space.
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Though often enough, small talk really is the way to get closer.
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The key is noticing whether the other person wants to talk, not how much you want to say.
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A good barber's makes you comfortable enough to hand over your hair.
Words in this passage
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- 在zàiHSK 1be at, in, on; consist in, rest
- 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
- 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
- 国家guó jiāHSK 1country; nation; state
- 理发lǐ fàHSK 3to get a haircut; to have one's hair done; to cut (sb's) hair; to give (sb) a haircut
- 店diànHSK 1shop, store; inn, hotel
- 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
- 师傅shī fuHSK 5master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men
- 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
- 和héHSK 1harmony, peace; peaceful, calm
- 客人kè rénHSK 2visitor; guest; customer; client
- 聊liáoHSK 4somewhat, slightly, at least
- 个gèHSK 1numerary adjunct, piece; single
- 不停bù tíngHSK 5incessant
- 但dànHSK 2only; but, however, yet, still
- 中国zhōng guóHSK 1China
- 有些yǒu xiēHSK 1some; somewhat
- 反而fǎn érHSK 4on the contrary; instead
- 安静ān jìngHSK 2quiet; peaceful; calm
- 进jìnHSK 1advance, make progress, enter
- 门ménHSK 1gate, door, entrance, opening
- 说明shuō míngHSK 2to explain; to illustrate; to indicate; to show; to prove; explanation; directions; caption
- 要求yāo qiúHSK 2to request; to require; requirement; to stake a claim; to ask; to demand
- 坐下zuò xiaHSK 1to sit down
- 然后rán hòuHSK 2then; after that; afterwards
- 各gèHSK 3each, individually, every, all
- 做zuòHSK 1work, make; act
- 事shìHSK 1affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 这zhèHSK 1this, the, here
- 种zhǒngHSK 3seed; race, breed; to plant
- 沉默chén mòHSK 4taciturn; uncommunicative; silent
- 不bùHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 是shìHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
- 友好yǒu hǎoHSK 2friendly; amicable; close friend
- 而是ér shìHSK 4rather
- 尊重zūn zhòngHSK 5to esteem; to respect; to honor; to value; eminent; serious; proper
- 对方duì fāngHSK 3the other person; the other side; the other party
- 空间kōng jiānHSK 4space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space
- 虽然suī ránHSK 2although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc)
- 时候shí houHSK 1time; length of time; moment; period
- 闲xiánHSK 5fence, guard; defend; idle time
- 确实què shíHSK 3indeed; really; reliable; real; true
- 拉lāHSK 2pull, drag; seize, hold; lengthen
- 近jìnHSK 2near, close; approach; intimate
- 关系guān xiHSK 3relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi
- 办法bàn fǎHSK 2means; method; way (of doing sth)
- 关键guān jiànHSK 5crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal
- 在于zài yúHSK 4to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with
- 看kànHSK 1look, see; examine, scrutinize
- 愿yuànHSK 2sincere, honest, virtuous
- 愿意yuàn yìHSK 2to wish; to want; ready; willing (to do sth)
- 而érHSK 2and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
- 自己zì jǐHSK 2oneself; one's own
- 想xiǎngHSK 1think, speculate, plan, consider
- 说shuōHSK 1speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid
- 多少duō shǎoHSK 1number; amount; somewhat
- 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
- 家jiāHSK 1house, home, residence; family
- 好hǎoHSK 1good, excellent, fine; well
- 让ràngHSK 2allow, permit, yield, concede
- 人rénHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
- 安心ān xīnnewat ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth
- 地deHSK 1earth; soil, ground; region
- 把bǎHSK 3hold, take; guard; regard as
- 头发tóu faHSK 2hair (on the head)
- 交jiāoHSK 2mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver
- 出去chū qùHSK 1to go out
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