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Newbie | Can you Speak Chinese?
Answering the question "Can you speak Chinese?" in the affirmative is always a proud moment. Perhaps, yes, literally, one moment. Let's call the inevitable next moment, with its subsequent barrage of…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Elementary | Seoul
Perhaps best known for remarkable food items such as spicy smelly preserved vegetables and some 'alternative' meats, this capital of Korea is known for a lot more than than its eating. Learn in this …
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Newbie | Are You Tired?
Discovering these 800-plus podcast lessons, likely you've been up for days, listening. You're not tired yet, due to the language-learning high that doesn't wear off until after lesson 452. However, a…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Elementary | Paris
We've got the Summer Palace; they've got Versailles. We've got Shaolin Temple; they've got Notre Dame. They've got stinky cheese; we've got stinky tofu. They, eau de toilette; us, squat toilettes. We…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Newbie | Upset
Reports churning out of celebrity Los Angeles have sparked concern over the latest anti-aging fad: drinking of the tears of young Asian girls. We, Chinese-English speakers of the world all have a res…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Elementary | Olympic Excitement
08-08-2008. The day we've all been waiting for. The factories are closed, the cars are parked away. The buildings are ready, the skies are blue (hopefully). The world has arrived in Beijing and we at…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Newbie | Where are you going?
Little did you know when you started learning Mandarin that you would be placed in the thick of an age-old war of 'where' words. Decide which camp has your allegiance--the roll of your tongue 'nar,' …
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Elementary | Rock, Scissors, Cloth
The debate over who invented this game is not as heated as the one about who invented the noodle, thankfully. Perhaps the noodle debate could be settled for all time by a nice round of rock, scissors…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Newbie | Getting Nationalities Straight
Contrary to popular notions, no, we're not all Americans. The nationality guessing game: favorite exchange of bored cabbies and their captive audience passengers. Expressing nationality in Mandarin C…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago
Elementary | War Zone
We assume you will never be a foreign soldier in a Chinese army, and sincerely hope that world peace is attained and this lesson will soon be obsolete. However, after 955 lessons it was about time th…
Published on 1 year, 10 months ago