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Dec 2022
20m 49s

Upper-intermediate | Jizhou Mental Break...

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Mental breakdowns are never pretty, in any language. But would a Chinese language learning journey be complete without knowing how to have a mental breakdown in Mandarin... just in case? In today's podcast, the drama intensifies. Listen on the edge of your seat as the mystery unravels in Jizhou. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0738

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