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Whether you've just gotten off a 12-hour flight or been up all night partying, sometimes you just want some peace and quiet on your taxi ride home. Unfortunately for you, the cab driver is a Beijing opera enthusiast and has different plans. Learn how to (politely) ask someone to ... Show More

Whether you're shopping for furniture or buying low-quality knick-knacks at the fake market, it always helps to know what your product is made of to help determine a fair price. There's nothing worse than realizing your shiny dragon statue is made of cheap plastic! Learn how to t ... Show More

Once you get past the initial niceties and compliments that inevitably take place during a conversation, your newfound Chinese friend will most likely ask you where you've learned such exemplary Mandarin. Today's lesson will teach you how to respond to this question while still p ... Show More

<p>ChinesePod&#39;s Jenny Zhu is a world traveler beyond compare. In today&#39;s Chinese podcast, she&#39;ll be discussing her recent trip to the lovely island of Bali. You&#39;ll learn lots of useful Mandarin for talking about your travels and adventures. You&#39;ll even learn a ... Show More

<p>It’s slightly reminiscent of your friendly neighborhood ‘Oriental Palace’, but where is the General Tsao’s Chicken and florescent pink sweet and sour pork? Though the smells and greasy tables feel strangely familiar, this isn’t the Chinese take-out of your memory. This podcast ... Show More

In this episode you'll learn everything you need to know to do Beginner Mandarin Chinese: Conversation 5 at https://funandfree.fluencyfix.com/?p=86. Topic: Describing food A: Nà biān nàgè shì shénme? B: Nà shì zhào shāo jī. A: Kàn qǐlái tǐng měiwèi de yàngzi B: Zǒu ba. Qù cháng c ... Show More

<p>Walking through a street food miasma where you smell the food before you see it, and seeing it is not necessarily believing it, this lesson is about one of the better smelling and easily-identifiable of the street foods of China. Which in itself is a good enough reason to purc ... Show More

In this episode of Coffee Break Chinese we join Hongyu and Mark at breakfast in the hotel where they get talking to another hotel guest and her son. We'll take the opportunity to review vocabulary associated with ordering food and learn about some cultural aspects of eating break ... Show More

📝 Get FREE Episode Worksheet 🧐 Take English Level Test 👄 Improve Your Pronunciation Join Charlie as he embarks on an unexpected journey through Shanghai during a layover, from boiling foot baths to noodle feasts, in this humorous and insightful episode about the surprises of C ... Show More

<p>When in China... learn about Rome! Today's podcast takes us on a tour of this famous Italian city. Come along on our trip as we hit the Coliseum... but more importantly, the espresso bars of the city. So sit back, listen to the Chinese lesson, and worry not who really invented ... Show More

<p>Awww yeah. Another Olympic lesson for you, Olympics for gluttons that is. For many of us, the only four words more satisfying than &#39;your Chinese is excellent&#39; and &#39;you look like Brad Pitt&#39;, are &#39;all you can drink.&#39; In this podcast, find out how to take ... Show More

<p>A few months of everything fried combined with Chinese hospitality (read: feed) is enough to start anyone on a one-way trip to fat camp. Listen to this podcast and learn about one poor junk food lover&#39;s untimely demise into the shady world of carrots and wheatgrass. Episod ... Show More

We have an exciting episode of Coffee Break Chinese for you today, as Mark and Hongyu have finally made it to Chángchéng, the Great Wall of China. In this lesson you'll build your understanding of Chinese by reviewing previously learned vocabulary and acquiring new expressions an ... Show More