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Finally, a place where to be fat is to be glorious. So, next time your friend tells you've gotten fat since coming to China, don't start looking for some fad no-rice carbo diet. Bask in all your paunchy grandeur. You've come to the right place! Listen to this podcast, to learn how to talk fat with the rest of them, in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0657

16 Aug 202312min

This ain't no slummy fuzzy pink dice dangling from some cracked rearview mirror, peeps. We're talking dice of the hardcore, extreme-sport-gaming-variety. Learn these dice or lose your shirt. We're gonna teach you--yes, not only Mandarin but also drinking games. Listen to this podcast, and may your fuzzy dice forever hang on that Impala dashboard with pride. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0742

14 Aug 202317min

You've spent the last year glued to your headphones in a "The Fix" induced trance-like chant. One day you wake up and your significant other is packing his/her bags, accusing you of joining an online Mandarin-learning cult. ChinesePod is no homewrecker, thus we provide this podcast in which you can learn to beg someone not to leave. True, saying it in Chinese might not be the best conflict-resolving approach, but at least you're communicating, right? Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0652

11 Aug 202311min

Pop quiz. We know you are all Jenny Zhu's biggest fans. But while you're all a-sighing over her, what makes little Jenny Zhu's heart go pitter-patter? Guesses? In the meantime, listen to this lesson on Olympic tennis and get a hint into the inner longings of the heart of Teacher Jenny, in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0735

9 Aug 202313min

So, you're thinking a lesson on eating tofu sounds about as bland as that spongy white square of mush on your plate? That's what you thought... Truth is, there is nothing more racy than an affinity for 'eating tofu.' Confused? Don't let someone else have the last laugh. Listen to this podcast and find out the 'spicy' side of tofu, in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0648

7 Aug 202313min

This friendly reminder lesson goes out to all you boyfriends, husbands, secret admirers, penpals, joe blows and stalkers in the land... buy some flowers for your lady on the way home tonight. In this podcast, you'll get the language you need to do it right, in Mandarin Chinese. And don't forget to revisit the 'Give me a kiss' lesson, to really milk it for what it's worth. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0730

4 Aug 202313min

Listening to ChinesePod podcasts every day, one gets to know many profound things from teachers Ken and Jenny. But of course, to quote the infamous Miss Zhu, there are many layers in meat, many layers to learning Mandarin, and... to add another... many layers of 'knowing' things. Learn in this lesson about two of the types of 'knowing', in Mandarin Chinese. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0644

2 Aug 202312min

Put down the bowl of... what IS that... there's no world record for eating the most chicken feet, and you fell asleep three hours after setting out to break the world's record of staying awake the longest. Plus it's seriously time to throw away that storage unit full of Pocky stick wrappers. In this podcast, learn about REAL world records in Mandarin Chinese... the Olympic kind. Episode link: https://www.chinesepod.com/0726

31 Juli 202312min