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Chinese phrase translation: 飞毛腿 (fēimáotuǐ) fleet-footed runner

飞毛腿 (fēimáotuǐ) fleet-footed runner Usage: “飞毛腿”来源于古代的邮务系统。古代的紧急军事信件的信封一角黏着一根羽毛,表示需要尽快送到。送这种信的时候,在马匹无法到达的地方,会派出善于快跑的人想办法将它送达。后来人们就把那些健步如飞的人称为“飞毛腿”,也说跑得快的人长了“飞毛腿”。 “飞毛腿 (fēimáotuǐ)”originated from the ancient postal system. In ancient China, urgent military letters always

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老古董 antique

dialogue : 伊迪丝:历史老师简直是个老古董。 Edith:Our history teacher is actually quite old-fashioned. 卡特里娜:古董?他多大了? Katrina: Old-fashioned? How old is he? 伊迪丝:40岁。 Edith: He’s

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Lesson 053 Where Do You Live?

Cam: 大家好, 我是Cam. Welcome to Chinese Studio.
Yajie: 欢迎收听《欢乐汉语》, 我是YJ. Cam, I’ve heard you rent a bigger apartment. Is that true?
Cam: Yes. And I’ll hold a party in the new flat this weekend. Do you want to join us?
Yajie: Of course. Tell me 你住在哪儿?
Cam: What does that mean?
Yajie: The answer is just in Key Words of the Day.  

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Lesson 052 Revision of Asking Qestions

Yajie: 大家好. Welcome to Chinese Studio. I’m Yajie.
Cam: 大家好. (dajia hao) wo shi Cam.  It’s time for us to look back at the past week and review what we’ve learned.
Yajie:  Let’s do it.

*************** Sentences in the week.
During this week we learned how to deliver a question in Chinese, both in the positive and the negative form. 她是老师吗?Is she a teacher?  今天你不去公司吗?Won’t you go to the company today? 长城, the Great Wall.烤鸭, Beijing Duck. 京剧, Beijing Opera. All in today’s Chinese Studio.
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Lesson 049 Asking Questions (1)

Yajie: Hello, everyone. Welcome to the first Chinese Studio of the new week 欢乐汉语. I’m Yajie.
Allen: And I’m Allen. This week, we'll be learning useful sentence structures for asking questions. For example, today we'll be learning how to ask if someone has a certain profession.
Y: Yes. Remember, Allen, when you saw my friend and started asking me all these questions about her? You asked, “Is she a teacher?” because you thought she was so warm and kind? Well, today we'll learn how to ask that question in Chinese. If you learn, maybe I'll tell you the answer.
A: Really, then I'll try my best. Let's get started with the key words of the day.

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Lesson 042 Usages of “De” (1)

Yajie: 大家好. Let’s perfect Chinese your way in only 5 minutes a day. I’m Yajie.
Cam: 大家好. And I’m Cam. Yajie, we learned some useful sentence combinations last time, and we should continue with them. 
Yajie:  Good idea.  We’ll learn the usage of the Chinese character “的”.

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Lesson 033 Occupation

Yajie: 大家早上好. Perfect Chinese your way in only 5 minutes a day.  This is Chinese Studio.  I’m Yajie. 
Cam: 早上好. 我是Cam. Yajie, we learned about introductions earlier, but I still don’t know how to ask what somebody does for a living?  Can we learn how to ask one’s occupation today? 
Yajie: Sure. Let’s check Key Words of the Day. 

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