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Jul 7
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Ep.163 🍰 Bitesize Basics 🍰 Remote Work...

Mindy Lin
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This is Part 2 of our remote work series, and today we’re helping you survive your next online meeting with practical Mandarin phrases for tech problems — from bad internet to frozen screens.

🎯 Today’s Topic: Useful expressions on tech issues during online meeting

🗝 Key Sentence: 你聽得到嗎?— Can you hear me?

🗣 Listener Challenge:
What’s the most common tech issue you run into during online calls?
Try saying it in Mandarin and tag us @bitesize.chinese on Instagram with your sentence!

🍰 About Bitesize Basics 🍰
Bitesize Basics is a podcast series for beginner Mandarin learners (A1). Each short episode helps you learn one useful grammar point or vocabulary set through fun, real-world examples and guided repetition. Hosted by Mindy and Joeru.📱Follow us on Instagram @bitesize.chinese for this week’s recap and study tips!

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