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Aug 2022
13m 35s

Newbie | It's Snowing

ChinesePod LLC
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“White rain! Cold ice!” While these are admirable attempts at saying, “it’s snowing,” it still kind of makes you sound like a tool. So in this podcast, how about we not only teach you how to say it in Mandarin Chinese, but also suggest that you go outside to play in it? Just don’t eat the 黄雪. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0416

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