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Mar 2025
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Upper-intermediate | Working in the Coun...

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Do you know all the work that goes into maintaining a rice paddy? And can you talk about it in Mandarin Chinese? In this lesson, a visitor to the countryside learns about both the hard labor and the simple pleasures to be found outside of China's urban areas. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1502

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