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Lesson 094 – Making a Phone Call (2)

Cam:  So yesterday I learned how to phone your house.  Sometimes I want to take you for dinner Yajie, and I need to know how to ask your mom for you!
YJ:  And now you know.  Today we are going to learn some more basic phrases when making phone calls.
Cam:  Let’s check Key Words of the Day.

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三十六计 Thirty-Six Stratagems: 隔岸观火 Watch the fires burning across the river

  In wrangles between Chinese states, two Yuan brothers went to  Gongsun Kang (公孙康 Gōngsūn Kāng) for help in fighting a third brother who had  allied (联合 liánhé) with the powerful Cao Cao (who knew about this move). Kang  beheaded (斩首 zhánshǒu) them and sent their heads to Cao Cao who made him a duke as a reward. Both had used conflict within the Yuan family to further their ends.

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