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Gym rats love to be told that their efforts are noticed, and they may just want to share how often they work out. Even if working out is not your thing, this lesson has you covered. So start learning the Chinese to talk about gyms now! Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/172 ...  Show more

Join Carly as she explains 88 common and simple Chinese characters you will find all over China. In this 1st lesson Carly will give you the details of characters found on everyday streets and buildings. Be prepared knowing these characters while on your next visit to China. Episo ...  Show more

Shuang Yu and Hua Mulan are on the menu for today's discussion. We digress a wee bit into ABCs, ABT, EBTs, EBCs and Nationality. We also talk about raising bilingual children after a question from a hangouteer.If you enjoy what we do, we have been helpful or at least entertaining ...  Show more

We discuss euphemisms/雙關語/Shuāngguān yǔ in this one for probably longer than we should have. There are so many things that can mean genitals in English its a little upsetting really. We also discuss Christmas. Lot's of Chinese and some English to keep you on track with the conver ...  Show more

We discuss the true grit and determination you need to learn and being fascinated by peoples struggles and how they overcome adversity. In particular the learning Chinese or learning a language element of it. Also targets in general both with Mandarin and with life.If you enjoy w ...  Show more

We are back to regular programming with episode 216 of the Mandarin Monkey podcast. The flaws of us all. Why do we call it the flaw of us all? We discuss learning Mandarin as usual, but the difficulties of it, along with lying to each other, living with each other, finding sweaty ...  Show more