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中秋节 Mid-Autumn Festival

The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month is the traditional Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival(中秋节zhōng qiū jiē), which falls on Sept 8 this year. In the Chinese lunar calendar, August is in the middle of autumn and the 15th day is in the middle of the month. This explains why the 15th of August is called the Mid-Autumn Festival. The day is also known as the moon festival, for on that day, the moon is at its fullest and brightest. It is an important festival for family members to get together, so it is also called the Reunio Festival.

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Lesson 073 – Taxi Cabs (1)

Cam: Welcome to Chinese Studio on China Radio International.  I’m Cam.
YJ:  And I’m Yajie – Cam, you were telling me the other day that you were having a hard time getting around the city.
Cam: Yeah, I always need to bring a card with me that show the address of where I want to go.  And if I forget the card, I get lost!
YJ: That sounds like a good lesson for today.
  
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您去哪儿？Where would you like to go? 去朝阳公园。Please take me to the Chaoyang Park.  医院 (yīyuàn)，Hospital. 去那儿多长时间？(qù nàr duō cháng shíjiān) How long will it take to get there? 多少钱？(duōshao qián) How much is it?
All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Chinese Idiom -朝三暮四-3 Bananas in the Morning and 4 in the Afternoon

3 bananas in the Morning and 4 in the Afternoon.Zhuangzi told this story to his disciples to make a point.
once a zookeeper said to his monkeys: "You’ll get 3 bananas in the Morning and 4 in the afternoon."
All monkeys are upset.
"OK. How about 4 bananas in Morning and 3 in the afternoon?"
Hearing this, the monkeys are content.
One should realize that sometimes a change in phrasing does not represent a real change.

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