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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 sett…
2 years, 3 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 audienc…
2 years, 3 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 obsolet…
2 years, 3 months ago
Newbie | How have you been?
When faced with the 'Do Chinese people really say ni hao ma or are they just succumbing to Englese' quandary, here is a lesson you can use to circumv…
2 years, 3 months ago
Elementary | Microsoft
A little name-dropping serves one well in many environments. 'Brad Pitt' is just too long to say in Chinese, so let's start with a more business-orie…
2 years, 3 months ago
Newbie | Buying a Newspaper
At this juncture, we know some of you bespectacled types are going to show-off your 4,000 character-plus savvy and say you read the Chinese newspaper…
2 years, 3 months ago
Elementary | Aussie Rules
Olive-ball may not be big in China, but in Laowai land it is. English, American and Aussie styles may differ quite a bit, but they all hold the same …
2 years, 3 months ago
Newbie | Chinese Green Eggs and Ham
The concept of green eggs is not one so particularly far-fetched in China. Could a 1,000 year old egg be any other color? Sam-I-am has found his plac…
2 years, 3 months ago
Elementary | Golf
"So, I’m on the first tee with him. I give him the driver. He hauls off and whacks one - big hitter, the Lama... " If Carl the grounds-keeper can mak…
2 years, 3 months ago
Newbie | What's up?
If we were slangpod.com, this lesson would be called 'whattup.' But for the sake of warding off potential improper English critics, we'll stick to th…
2 years, 3 months ago