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Aug 2025
11m 59s

Newbie | Serving Tea

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If you come to China you're going to be getting served tea everywhere: in restaurants, homes, even offices. In today's newbie lesson, we'll be joining a young woman as she enters an office. Listen in and learn the language for basic manners and politeness in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1892

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