Fun Learning Chinese
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Join me and my Chinese tutor as we explore everyday Chinese vocabulary in ways that make sense to an adult learner.
- Website
- http://funlearningchinese.com/
- Description
- Join me and my Chinese tutor as we explore everyday Chinese vocabulary in ways that make sense to an adult learner.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2019-09-22 09:11
- last episode published
- 2019-08-20 14:36
- publication frequency
- 28.01 days
- Contributors
- Fun Learning Chinese
- Author Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 111
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2019-08-20 | Recently my Chinese tutor heard a song that reminded her of a major turning point in her life. She told me about it and I thought it was a beautiful story, well worth sharing. You will find a version of the song to listen to after the story. Meanwhile,... |
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| 2019-07-27 |
Chinese Lesson Blurb: Can You Politely Say 閉嘴 Shut Your Mouth If you see something on your friend’s teeth and want to save him embarrassment, you might want to politely suggest he shut his mouth. You might think to say in a hushed voice that only he can hear: 閉嘴 ㄅㄧˋ ㄗㄨㄟˇ bì zuǐ shut, close + mouth, lips You might... |
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| 2019-06-03 | It happens all the time. The story stretches beyond believability. That is when you want to be able to use this phrase: 太扯了！ (ㄊㄞˋ)(ㄔㄜˇ)(ㄌㄜ˙) (tài))(chě)(le.) (too, very, extremely)(to tear, to pull)(emphasis) (That is) too far fetched! You will notice ... |
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| 2019-05-20 | A young Taiwanese friend recently shared this Chinese parable with me. It all starts with being asked to take a snail for a walk… but first, some useful vocabulary: Now, what can you learn from a snail? 上帝給我一個任務，叫我牽一隻蝸牛去散步。 (上帝)(給)(我)(一個)(任務)， (ㄕㄤˋ ㄉㄧˋ... |
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| 2019-04-09 | It was time for a very specific Chinese lesson. Here is some important vocabulary involved: We are not sure what happened. The speaker doesn’t come with any specific directions. There is nothing online. Still, it is a very good speaker and so we just s... |
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| 2019-03-02 | Taxes are cross cultural Taxes are one of those things that prove the major things in life are cross-cultural. We talked about love not long ago, so we will just swing to the other extreme! And with taxes comes some basics about politics, because the t... |
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| 2019-02-21 | Politicians are masters of contradiction Politicians have a way of making rules for everyone else and exempting themselves. So it is no wonder that the common use of 卻 ㄑㄩㄝˋ (què) to indicate contrast came up in writing my latest blog on taxes (coming s... |
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| 2019-02-05 | I will go almost anywhere with my husband I have told my husband I will go with him anywhere … except the Amazon jungle. Our vacation in Belize has confirmed to me that this is a good decision on my part! Here is some vocabulary that I use to talk abou... |
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| 2019-01-20 | This is a love story Relationships make the world go round. Most people still like to use some sort of cultural signal to let others know they are ‘in a relationship.’ It is both helpful and fun. Another of my daughters is now “taken.” Before I tell yo... |
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| 2018-12-31 | Squirrels are one kind of wild animal that is not having any trouble adapting to human civilization. Personally, I am conflicted about squirrels. On one hand they are cute. On the other hand, they are just invasive rodents with bushy tails. My Chinese ... |
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