Newbie | Chinese Idioms - Spiderwebs and Hors...

Why bother to even ask for directions at all, when you can just hop in a cab, call your Chinese friend, and have her tell the driver where you want to go? In this lesson, our lazy office visitor does just that. But you may just learn some Chinese from the exchange if you listen i ...  Show more

You'd normally just check online for the fastest route via public transportation to get to your destination, but you're out of data on your smartphone and can't find wireless. What do you do? Good thing you listened to this ChinesePod lesson and learned how to ask for and underst ...  Show more

Take 5,000 years of linguistic history and ancient literature... throw in a few snakes, frogs, and fanciful tales. Mix in the odd digit for good measure. What do you get? Cryptic Chinese idioms. Now, we're not saying they're all as easy as 'horse horse tiger tiger, ...

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中文的同音字、谐音字有时候真让学中文的人头疼，但同时，中国人又很爱用同音、谐音开玩笑。除此之外，许多祝福和禁忌的产生也跟声音有关，今天的课程要让大家认识许多跟十二生肖有关的成语和吉祥话，听这一课，可以用上十二年，是不是很划算呢？赶快来瞧瞧吧！ Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/2638

An idiom is a phrase that you can't guess the meaning to if you haven't heard it before. These are some useful ones that anyone learning English should know. (To see them written out, check the YouTube version of this episode!)