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Nov 2023
16m 25s

Intermediate | Lost Cell Phone

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There's nothing more traumatic than losing your cell phone. That is, until some good Samaritan dials the 'home' number and calls your wife, and lets her know he's found your phone in the back of a taxi outside of a nightclub in Shanghai… especially after you told her you were 'just working late at the office.' In this podcast learn how to handle the trauma of losing your cell phone in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0757

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