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玩桌游 Play Board Games
Episode 78
Hello everyone, in today's episode I talk about board games. The most recent one I played is called Machi Koro 2--an easy, fun board game where you b…
3 years, 7 months ago
雪糕刺客 Ice Cream Assassin
Episode 77
Hello everyone! In today's episode I talk about the buzzword 雪糕刺客 (Ice Cream Assassin). Chinese people call an ice cream an ice cream assassin when i…
3 years, 8 months ago
中国的午休文化 The Siesta Culture in China
Episode 76
Hello everyone! In today's episode I talk about China's siesta culture. Chinese people are used to taking a nap after lunch since childhood. School a…
3 years, 8 months ago
三伏天 The Dog Days of Summer
Episode 75
Hello everyone! In this episode I explain what is "sanfu tian"—the Chinese "Dog Days of Summer", the ancient Chinese solar terms marking the beginnin…
3 years, 8 months ago
中国古人如何消暑 How to Beat the Summer Heat in Ancient China
Episode 74
Hello everyone! In today's episode I talk about 5 traditional ways Chinese people used to beat the summer heat in ancient time: fans, stored ice, coo…
3 years, 8 months ago
动物园一日游 A Day at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Episode 73
Hello everyone, in today's episode I talked about my recent trip to Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs. In Part 1, I briefly talked about my …
3 years, 9 months ago
科罗拉多的高原反应 High Altitude Sickness in Colorado
Episode 72
Hello everyone, long time no see! I was traveling in Colorado, so I wasn't able to make new episode last week. In today's episode I talk about high …
3 years, 9 months ago
航班被取消了？！Flight Cancellation? !
Episode 71
Hello everyone, in today's unscripted Mandarin chat, I talked about my flight cancellation by American Airline today due to weather. My only hope now…
3 years, 9 months ago
暑期作业和中国的高考 Summer Reading & China's Gaokao
Episode 70
Hello everyone! Welcome to a new episode of 5 Minute Chinese. In today's episode, I talk about summer (school)work in the US and China—which subjects…
3 years, 9 months ago
暑假来了 Summer is here!
Episode 69
Hello everyone! Summer is here! In today's episode, I compare China's summer vacation with America's summer vacation: When and how long is the summer…
3 years, 10 months ago