Newbie | Chinese Idioms - Spiderwebs and...

Why bother to even ask for directions at all, when you can just hop in a cab, call your Chinese friend, and have her tell the driver where you want to go? In this lesson, our lazy office visitor does just that. But you may just learn some Chinese from the exchange if you listen i ... Show More

You'd normally just check online for the fastest route via public transportation to get to your destination, but you're out of data on your smartphone and can't find wireless. What do you do? Good thing you listened to this ChinesePod lesson and learned how to ask for and underst ... Show More

Afternoon meetings are a fact of life in many offices, but in many companies they're on a dangerous collision course with the Chinese "afternoon nap" custom. In this lesson, learn the key Mandarin phrases for reminding others about meetings. As for actually staying awake in that ... Show More

<p>Take 5,000 years of linguistic history and ancient literature... throw in a few snakes, frogs, and fanciful tales. Mix in the odd digit for good measure. What do you get? Cryptic Chinese idioms. Now, we&#39;re not saying they&#39;re all as easy as &#39;horse horse tiger tiger, ... Show More

<p>Are you bullish about learning Chinese? Stop dragon your feet, and listen to our podcast about the Chinese zodiac. It won&#39;t boar you, we promise. Learning Mandarin with ChinesePod is more fun than a monkey midwife. Just ask our legions of rabbit fans! There&#39;s no use sn ... Show More

<p>An idiom is a phrase that you can't guess the meaning to if you haven't heard it before. These are some useful ones that anyone learning English should know. (To see them written out, check the YouTube version of this episode!)</p> 

<p>Do you ever find yourself only using the English-Chinese side of your dictionary? Do you sometimes feel intimidated by the seemingly arcane system of naming parts of characters? Well then ChinesePod&#39;s got a lesson for you today. Join us to learn all about looking up charac ... Show More

<p>What&#39;s in a name? If you&#39;re speaking Chinese, a lot. In the land of homophones, seeing characters as bits and pieces is an essential skill. In this podcast, learn about &quot;three dot water&quot; and &quot;double person&quot; radicals and explain your name in Mandarin ... Show More

<p>Do you want to improve your English with some colourful and fun expressions? In this podcast, we will teach you how to use 15 common animal idioms in English, such as "a fish out of water" or "the elephant in the room".</p> <p>You'll learn the meaning and usage of each idiom a ... Show More