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Jun 2023
16m 42s

Elementary | Yang Jie's Diary: Date with...

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It's about time the nerds of the world got some respect. Bookworm Wang Wei seems to be trying to win the heart of fair Yang Jie. What does Yang Jie really think of this scholarly specimen? Is the way to her heart through the library? Let's snoop, in this podcast, where we look into a girl's not-so-deep thoughts, in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0670

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