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Oct 2025
17m 55s

Upper-intermediate | Travel Wedding

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Weddings in China have a long and glorious tradition. So much planning, so many guests, and a ton of protocol. But what if you could skip the whole ceremony and just do the honeymoon, and call it a "travel wedding?" The young lovebirds in this lesson would like to do just that, but their traditional Chinese parents will have none of it. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/1739

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