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Apr 2026
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Lesson 027. Working in China. Office Voc...

MELNYKS CHINESE
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This lesson will teach you some very common and useful vocabulary and sentence patterns used when working in China. You will learn office vocabulary in Mandarin Chinese and at the end of this lesson will be able to understand and say such sentences and phrases as “what’s your email address”, “did you receive my fax” or “my printer is broken”, etc. Full and detailed PDF lesson transcripts and worksheets are available for subscribed users.

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