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Elementary | Dress Warmly
You’re not cold, but it doesn’t matter. Your Chinese friends know you’re here without your mother, so along with feeding you, there’s also the ongoing fear that you’ll catch cold. So what would a les…
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Newbie | Who's That Over There?
You spot a familiar figure on the street. Well it's best you know how to describe that person if you're trying to point them out from a busy crowd. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2657
Published on 3 years, 6 months ago
Elementary | Fake Beggars?
When going out in the evening in Chinese cities, one is likely to run into ragged looking beggars soliciting change from passersby. And while some of these beggars have experienced terrible misfortun…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Newbie | Noodles Without Cilantro
At ChinesePod, we not only care about helping you learn Mandarin, we also want to help your social standing…and, to be honest, herbs in the teeth a cool cat do not make. So, in this podcast, here’s w…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Elementary | Directions with a Map #2
So, you dug the previous “left/right” lesson (or enjoyed taking “orders” from Jenny) so much, we decided to make another. But in this podcast, instead of “left/right,” we’re taking you north/south/ea…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Newbie | If Not You, then Who?
We all have those tasks that no one wants to do, so you often end up getting into a war of attrition with your interlocutor. Today we hear lots of common sentence structures and phrases repeated and …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Elementary | Directions with a Map #1
Yes, we know you’d love nothing more than a “map to Jenny,” but until our ratings drop (yeah, right), we’ll hang onto that. What we can do is offer up “Jenny and a map.” In this visionary-of-a-lesson…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Newbie | Boba Tea
Ordering tea from a tea shop can be a little daunting, but it's also a great chance to practice some of the Chinese you've been learning. We're here to guide you with the tools necessary to get some …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Elementary | Pens And Notebooks
Pens and notebooks are essential for any student, especially a student of Chinese. For many students of Chinese, mastering all of those characters requires writing and re-writing them over and over. …
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago
Newbie | Simple Toasts
They. Toast. Everything. …it’s a lesson you can learn from us, or learn the hard way. So, how about you turn the tables and offer up some Mandarin Chinese “drinking words” of your own? In this podcas…
Published on 3 years, 7 months ago