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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - In action

Mandarin is the official language of China and we call it putonghua. Putonghua is taught in schools and used in Universities, businesses and pretty much anywhere in China. although sometimes you might hear a different version of Mandarin from North of China, it still is easy to understand. But if you are living in the South, then you might have difficulties to understand the local dialect. Believe me, we Chinese have this problem too. This is why we use Putonghua as a common dialect.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Farewell dinner

If your friends or colleagues are going to leave for good, the Chinese way to say goodbye is to invite them for a farewell dinner. 为某人饯行, a farewell for somebody. In today's lesson, we will learn how to make a toast, how to give presents and make appropriate remarks on receiving them and how to use exclamations. Don't forget to consolidate what you learned by trying the Chinese Test - Farewell dinner

Elementary Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Banks in China

我们今天要讲的课程是关于银行，today our topic is about money.When you arrive in China, you probably will like to open a new bank account. There are a lot of banks to choose from, so today I won't talk about the process of opening a new account, but discuss with you some useful grammar. For example, opening an account in Chinese is 开户, as you can see from each character, 开 means open, and 户 here refers to account. Well, there are more things involved in banking, and we will discuss the most important ones here in this lesson.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Where are you?

今天我们要讲的课程是关于打电话，today we will talk about conversations over the phone. There are some customs that are unique and different, for example, instead of asking 你是谁, who are you, the Chinese way to ask is where are you, 你是哪里？And of course, the response should not be the actually location of where you are. If you want to find out what the response should, please tune in to today's lesson.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Run the red light

老师在中文里也可以说成是师傅，you can also use the word 师傅 for teacher, but this word is mostly used to refer to a male teacher. But today this name is not only used for teachers, but also for all males who provide services, such as: taxi driver, tour guide, agent or sales person.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Hot or cold

今天我们要学习一组短语，today we will talk about a short phrase, 一边一边, doing something while you are on something else.

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Elementary Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Return the money

Today we will talk about the chinese idioms, or shall we say chéngyǔ. Chinese Idioms are short phrases that usually consists of four characters. According to some researches, there are about 5,000 chengyu in Chinese, though some dictionaries list over 20,000. The meaning of a chengyu usually summaries a story over four characters. So it does not follow the usual grammatical structure but instead, it is highly compact.

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Chinese Traditional Festivals

In today's lesson, I will talk about the Chinese traditional festival. There are quite a few, such as: 春节 - Spring festival, 元宵节 - Lantern festival, 端午节 - Dragon Boat festival and 中秋节 - Middle Autumn festival. We will talk about all of these in this lesson.

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Elementary Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Sending your CV

Today we will talk about looking for jobs. We all know that looking for jobs is very stressful, especially if you are in a foreign country. So when you are searching for jobs, what would be the first thing to do? 找工作的时候，要做的第一件事是什么？Probably the first thing you would do is to write a nice resume. 找工作的第一件事就是写简历。

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Beginner Lesson - Chinese Podcast - Daily Chinese - Online shopping

Today we will talk about online shopping, 网上购物 or 网购。So what type of shopper are you? Do you prefer shopping online or to actually shop on the street? Of course, they both have their pros and cons, and for me, I prefer to buy things online, because it saves time and you can find better deals online. But of course, you wouldn't be able to get your shopping on the same day.

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