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Dec 2022
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Intermediate | Lili and Zhang Liang 11: ...

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Did you ever pour your heart out to a friend, only to discover you were playing right into that friend’s insidious master plan which would leave you broken-hearted and miserable? (Yeah, we hate it when that happens too.) Fortunately in this podcast it’s our friend Lili that’s getting duped – not us! Yes, it’s time to learn about some Chinese girl-to-girl deception, and pick up some Mandarin along the way. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0462

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