While swear words are some people’s introduction to a new language, I will never be caught dead swearing even if it’s for educational purpose. However, a comment in today’s ChinesePod lesson (about dogs http://chinesepod.com/lessons/afraid-of-… was so mind boggling that I have to share in written form.
A user wanted to confirm if 狗屁/gou3 pi4, literal meaning ’dog fart’ is the equivalent of ‘BS’. Yes, […]
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The tagline of the Bugle, a brilliant political satire podcast is ‘audio newspaper for a visual world’. ChinesePod has been largely audio too. But beginning today, we are expanding into the visual world. This vocab tour is the first instalment. More and better to come with the help of your input.
Enjoy!
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In the midst of a million significant events around the globe, today also marks the inaugural episode of Chinese Soundbites, a new weekly podcast about buzzwords in China. Amber and myself host the show. It’s a collaboration between ChinesePod and Shanghaiist, a massively popular blog about life and survival in Shanghai.
Of course, nothing is more […]
The 汉办/HanBan, China’s equivalent of the British Council responsible for promoting Chinese worldwide has teamed up with 湖南卫视/Hunan TV, China’s guru in reality show and LOL entertainment to produce a competition that selects college students with the most formidable knowledge of the Chinese language and culture.
The competition, known as 汉语桥/ hanyu qiao/ Chinese Bridge has […]
Despite the favourite Chinese number ‘8′, 2008 was believed to be an unlucky year for marriage based on mystical but popular interpretation. But why are there still so many weddings? I’ve attended a handful in the past 2 months. And that’s taking a slight toll on my financial status.
Blame it on 红包/hong2 bao1, a red pocket containing good wishes in the […]
In today’s ChinesePod lesson, we inserted a snippet of a Xinjiang song, 青春舞曲/qing1 chun 1 wu3 qu3/a Song for My Youth into the dialogue. The lesson has nothing to do with Xin Jiang, but it is about being young. Inciedntally, Xin Jiang folk music does make one feel very young and upbeat. The region has […]
Hi, I am Jenny Zhu from ChinesePod.com. I bring you a slice of the Chinese language and culture in the daily podcast. But there is so much more than what a podcast has time for, so jennyzhu.com is a space of observation and reflection on the big, small and everything in between about China.