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Nov 2022
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317 - Taxi in Chinese with ShaoLan and J...

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The chances are if you visit Asia you will need to take a taxi at some point. Learn the Chinese word for “taxi” and other useful words along with resident Talk Chineasy guest and Transition singer Jesse Edbrooke.

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