HSK 3 ≈ CEFR B1 170 characters 12 sentences

Shopping Online (网上买东西)

The photo showed a large blue coat. What arrived was neither large nor blue.

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网上买东西

hěn喜欢xǐhuanzài网上wǎngshàngmǎi东西dōngxī因为yīnwèi方便fāngbiànyòu便宜piányi
I like shopping online because it's convenient and cheap.
上个星期shànggexīngqīzài网上wǎngshàng买了mǎile一件yíjiànyī / yì
Last week I bought a coat online.
照片zhàopiànshàngde / dìyī / yìshì蓝色lánsède / dì看起来kànqǐláihěn暖和nuǎnhuo
The coat in the photo was blue and looked warm.
价格jiàgé也不yěbùguì只要zhǐyào三百sānbǎikuài
It wasn't expensive either — only three hundred yuan.
三天sāntiān以后yǐhòukuàijiù送到sòngdàole / liǎo / liào
Three days later the delivery arrived.
箱子xiāngzi打开dǎkāikàn / kānlèng住了zhùle
I opened the box and stopped short.
yī / yìshì灰色huīsède / dì而且érqiěxiǎngde / dìxiǎo得多deduō
The coat was grey, and much smaller than I'd expected.
yòu看了kànlebiàn那个nèigè网页wǎngyè发现fāxiàn颜色yánsè尺寸chǐcundōuxuǎncuòle / liǎo / liào
I looked at the web page again and found I'd picked the wrong colour and the wrong size.
hěn不好意思bùhǎoyìsidì / degěimàijiāle / liǎo / liào消息xiāoxi
I messaged the seller, rather embarrassed.
很快hěnkuàijiù回复huífùle / liǎo / liào:“没问题méiwèntínín可以kěyǐ退tuì。”
She replied quickly: "No problem, you can return it."
退tuìhuòde / dì过程guòchéngxiǎngde / dì顺利shùnlì多了duōle
The return went far more smoothly than I'd expected.
这次zhècì看清kānqīngchǔle / liǎo / liàocáixiàdān——蓝色lánsèhào / háo
This time I checked properly before ordering — blue, large.

Words to notice

网上wǎngshàng
Online (on the internet)
kuài
Quick (fast - delighted - soon)
Hands over (pass)
颜色yánsè
Color
尺寸chǐcun
Size (dimension)
退tuì
Retreat (withdraw - decline - recede - fade)
顺利shùnlì
Smoothly (without a hitch)
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