Elementary | Clearing the Table

Whether you're shopping for furniture or buying low-quality knick-knacks at the fake market, it always helps to know what your product is made of to help determine a fair price. There's nothing worse than realizing your shiny dragon statue is made of cheap plastic! Learn how to t ...  Show more

Once you get past the initial niceties and compliments that inevitably take place during a conversation, your newfound Chinese friend will most likely ask you where you've learned such exemplary Mandarin. Today's lesson will teach you how to respond to this question while still p ...  Show more

There is a tradition in China when several friends are having a dinner in a restaurant, someone will try to pay the bill first. This lesson contains most of the vocabulary you will need in conversations when you want to buy someone a dinner/lunch or when someone wants to treat yo ...  Show more

You haven't lived until you've had a shouting match with your neighbors at 8:00 in the morning. Listen to this practical Chinese lesson and learn how to stand up for yourself, in Mandarin. Tell 'em to take that trash out to the curb, where it belongs! Episode link: ...

What should you do with the plate when it is full? Have you ever been stuck not knowing how to ask for a new one in Mandarin? In this lesson, get equipped for the eventuality of the full plate. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2451