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Elementary Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Fruit Basket

Today we will learn something interesting. Imagine that you have to describe a picture to a friend. How can you do it? It sounds easy but in reality, it isn't that easy. If you look at the image for this lesson, its a fruit basket, but can you describe it in Chinese? Would you like to have a try? If your answer is yes, then you might want to pause this podcast for a second, because in today's lesson I will discuss this picture with you, meanwhile we can look at how to describe a position, color and also learn some new words related to fruits.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Farewell dinner

If your friends or colleagues are going to leave for good, the Chinese way to say goodbye is to invite them for a farewell dinner. 为某人饯行, a farewell for somebody. In today's lesson, we will learn how to make a toast, how to give presents and make appropriate remarks on receiving them and how to use exclamations. Don't forget to consolidate what you learned by trying the Chinese Test - Farewell dinner

Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - In action

Mandarin is the official language of China and we call it putonghua. Putonghua is taught in schools and used in Universities, businesses and pretty much anywhere in China. although sometimes you might hear a different version of Mandarin from North of China, it still is easy to understand. But if you are living in the South, then you might have difficulties to understand the local dialect. Believe me, we Chinese have this problem too. This is why we use Putonghua as a common dialect.

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Elementary Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Banks in China

我们今天要讲的课程是关于银行，today our topic is about money.When you arrive in China, you probably will like to open a new bank account. There are a lot of banks to choose from, so today I won't talk about the process of opening a new account, but discuss with you some useful grammar. For example, opening an account in Chinese is 开户, as you can see from each character, 开 means open, and 户 here refers to account. Well, there are more things involved in banking, and we will discuss the most important ones here in this lesson.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Where are you?

今天我们要讲的课程是关于打电话，today we will talk about conversations over the phone. There are some customs that are unique and different, for example, instead of asking 你是谁, who are you, the Chinese way to ask is where are you, 你是哪里？And of course, the response should not be the actually location of where you are. If you want to find out what the response should, please tune in to today's lesson.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Run the red light

老师在中文里也可以说成是师傅，you can also use the word 师傅 for teacher, but this word is mostly used to refer to a male teacher. But today this name is not only used for teachers, but also for all males who provide services, such as: taxi driver, tour guide, agent or sales person.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Hot or cold

今天我们要学习一组短语，today we will talk about a short phrase, 一边一边, doing something while you are on something else.

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Elementary Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Return the money

Today we will talk about the chinese idioms, or shall we say chéngyǔ. Chinese Idioms are short phrases that usually consists of four characters. According to some researches, there are about 5,000 chengyu in Chinese, though some dictionaries list over 20,000. The meaning of a chengyu usually summaries a story over four characters. So it does not follow the usual grammatical structure but instead, it is highly compact.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Chinese Traditional Festivals

In today's lesson, I will talk about the Chinese traditional festival. There are quite a few, such as: 春节 - Spring festival, 元宵节 - Lantern festival, 端午节 - Dragon Boat festival and 中秋节 - Middle Autumn festival. We will talk about all of these in this lesson.

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Advanced Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Diet

你是小胖子还是瘦子呢？你在减肥吗？
全世界的女生都在减肥，你还在等什么呢！

作为胖子，有以下四大痛苦：
所有的美丽衣服都是为瘦子而设计。
胖子永远只能走可爱路线，离性感简直十万八千里远。
班里的同学都喜欢欺负最胖的同学。
有帅哥男朋友会被大家怀疑是“倒追”!
为了漂亮的衣服，为了自己帅帅的男朋友，
为了自己一点点的虚荣心，也为了自己“内在美”与“外在美”的两全其美，
让我们开始减肥吧，与双下巴说再见！

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