双十一 shopping extravaganza might be over…
But people will still be talking about it for a looong time!
Not only did it beat last year’s record, setting a new record of $30.8bln in sales within 24 hours, it also gave us lots of interesting stats.
For example, this year proved again that Chinese people LOVE hotpot. And they love to cook it at home. This year, 火锅底料 huǒguō dǐliào sold like crazy🔥
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火锅 huǒguō – hot pot
底料 dǐliào – base ingredients; seasoning
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火锅底料 huǒguō dǐliào – hot pot seasoning (the spices for making hot pot at home)
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And guess which 2 cities were on top of the list of 火锅底料
consumers?
Shanghai and Beijing!
Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, home of Sichuan Mala hot pot, ranked only #3.
Even netizens were surprised with these numbers: Shanghainese traditionally prefer sweet food, not spicy😂
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一包火锅底料 yì bāo huǒguō dǐliào – a pack of hot pot seasoning
一包海底捞火锅底料 yì bāo hǎidǐlāo huǒguō dǐliào – a pack of Haidilao hot pot seasoning (Haidilao = popular hot pot chain)
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How would you ask your Chinese friends “How many packs of hot pot seasoning did you buy this year?”
@sgarmstrong123: @handan.bao you
@l00m4ever: 今年你们买了几包火锅低料？
@yourmandarin: @l00m4ever 😋🏅
@amirebrahimiiii: 你叫我们很多句词。太感谢你了
@yourmandarin: @amirebrahimiiii 不客气！ 你们喜欢我就很开心💛
@abdullatif_dalloul: 今年你买了几个火锅底料包？
@yourmandarin: @abdullatif_dalloul 🏅😎 (use 包 as measure word)
@yourmandarin: @abdullatif_dalloul “几包…”
@yokochin999: 在日本没卖底料😢
@yourmandarin: @yokochin999 你喜欢吃火锅吗？😋
