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Intermediate | Getting a Tattoo
Tattoos are commonplace among young women of many western countries, but what about in China? You might be surprised how many tattoos you'll see on g…
5 months, 1 week ago
Upper-intermediate | How to Weigh an Elephant
Chinese children grow up with a story about Cao Cao's son, Cao Chong, and his clever solution to the question of how to weigh an animal as enormous a…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Intermediate | Getting the Correct Change
In China there's a whole special language reserved for counting out change (and no, Shanghai poddies, we're not talking about Shanghainese!). This is…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Upper-intermediate | Resume Revisions
Remember the first time you wrote up your resume, and its 10 pages of vainglory? Recent university grads in China make the same mistake, and benefit …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Intermediate | Reinstalling Windows
How long have you been using that installation of Windows? Two years? Consider yourself lucky. Reinstalling the operating system is a necessary nuisa…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Upper-intermediate | The Working Hours Policy
Formal Chinese can be a bit tricky at first. In this lesson, your trusty ChinesePod hosts dissect a typical announcement from HR, explaining in every…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Intermediate | Renting an Apartment through an Agent 4
After being shown multiple apartments by an agent and dealing with all kinds of grumpy potential landlords, the time has finally come to sign that le…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Upper-intermediate | Travel Wedding
Weddings in China have a long and glorious tradition. So much planning, so many guests, and a ton of protocol. But what if you could skip the whole c…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Intermediate | Renting an Apartment through an Agent 3
Sometimes you find an apartment you think you can be happy with, but it all comes down to the dealings with the landlord. What is the landlord's atti…
6 months ago
Upper-intermediate | A Job Posting for Sales Representatives
What does a formal job posting in Chinese sound like? You're about to find out! In this lesson, we cover the cliche phrases you're bound to run into,…
6 months ago