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Intermediate | Import/Export
Likely many a laowai has dreamed about how much dosh one could make taking chicken feet from the States and importing them to China--but just how doe…
3 years, 7 months ago
Pre-intermediate | Asking About the New Job
While chatting with your friends in Chinese, job discussion will surely be a popular topic, especially if someone has just changed jobs. Learn how to…
3 years, 7 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Studying Japanese
Are you pouring over your accumulated mountain of Chinese-learning books, now wearing a set of prescription glasses due to Chinese character eye-stra…
3 years, 7 months ago
Intermediate | A Convenient Misunderstanding
For foreigners, the road of Chinese learning is paved with mistakes and misinterpretations. In this lesson, we hear the tragically funny story of a f…
3 years, 7 months ago
Pre-intermediate | Birthday on the Lunar Calendar
The lunar calendar is decidedly important in China as it determines the date of various holidays like Chinese New Year and the Dragon Boat Festival, …
3 years, 7 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Traveling on the Cheap
The experienced traveler knows that planning is everything. In this lesson, someone plans a trip to Yunnan and asks for advice on how to find informa…
3 years, 7 months ago
Intermediate | A Trip to the Dry Cleaner's
Not that your ayi is a bad ayi, but her opinion that towels can be thrown in with your suit is one that will not change. We highly suggest being able…
3 years, 7 months ago
Pre-intermediate | Cell Phone Connectivity Issues
Do you know how to express that you can't get through to someone's cell phone? Or that someone's cell phone appears to be off? Learn the Chinese for …
3 years, 7 months ago
Upper-intermediate | Global Warming
Some contacts of ours (ex-girlfriends and cops) are writing with reports of unseasonably hot weather in Beijing. We like getting these emails, partly…
3 years, 7 months ago
Intermediate | Parent/Teacher Meeting
John was emphatic when he claimed that “someone being naughty” was a listener suggestion. So we’ll (roll our eyes) trust him, just this once, and let…
3 years, 7 months ago