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Oct 17
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Upper-intermediate | Retired Life

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What does retirement mean to the Chinese elderly? Just pensions and a bunch of sitting around? Fortunately, some old folks have more interesting aspirations. In this Chinese lesson, we take a positive and a negative look at life after work. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1704

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